It is now a new year (2016), which signifies a new project. The music project was fun and all, but having to blog everyday resulted in more than a few FILLER posts that mostly just wasted the reader’s time. I will attempt to eradicate that with more meaningful posts this year and focusing on quality over quantity.
That is why I introduce Project Equilibrium. This project is meant to seek a balance in all areas of my life in physical, mental, spiritual, and social ways. There are a couple of different ways I plan to achieve these ends, but I will review this in time.
Today’s post is the first such attempt at striking such balance. As of 2015, I have had 5 reviews on Yelp – 3 positive, and 2 negative. In deciding which places to review, I either really loved them and decided to post well DESERVED 5 star reviews, or really hated them and decided to post equally well DESERVED 1 star reviews. Here are the following reviews.
I love Phil’s BBQ, so that was easy.
Read John T.‘s review of Phil’s BBQ on Yelp
I grew up loving Jack in the box, so that was easy.
Read John T.‘s review of Jack in the Box on Yelp
At Chaba Thai, in San Diego, I encountered wonderful customer service that I felt the necessity in my soul to post a raving review.
Read John T.‘s review of Chaba Thai Kitchen on Yelp
When visiting Oregon, I absolutely DESPISED Hood River Cinema and so I was forced to post a terrible review.
Read John T.‘s review of Hood River Cinema on Yelp
K1 Speed did not allow me to race my nieces and nephews, and subsequently warranted an equally terrible review.
Read John T.‘s review of K1 Speed Anaheim on Yelp
Today, I have added two reviews to Yelp to try to create more of a “balance” in my reviews. The first is a 1 star review, which will allow my review average to remain a “3”. It is a review of an Italian restaurant (Bruno’s Italian Kitchen) I thought was highly overrated in my opinion.
Read John T.‘s review of Brunos Italian Kitchen on Yelp
Finally, I have reviewed today’s activities at Pechanga with a “3” star review.
Read John T.‘s review of Pechanga Resort Casino on Yelp
After today, if I plan on including anymore 1 star reviews, I will post a subsequent 5 star review to create a balance. And if I did my math correctly, a “3” star review wouldn’t change the average either. If I post a “2” star review I will also post a “4” star review to equalize my balances back to 3. I’m hoping in the process I can create a much fairer Yelp account. Unlike most people, I don’t want to be one of those people that only complain on Yelp when something goes wrong, or create artificially heightened reviews that would only seek to give a restaurant more stars than they actually deserve.
This means of course, more Yelp reviews to come, in the future, which will surely be posted on this blog.
