Friday, November 21, 2008

 

Plaque Poll, 2008

Back on November 11th I told you of how I was still holding on to my Krystal Lover's Hall Of Fame Plaque, and really not "feeling the love" from the folks in Chattanooga.
I am happy to say I almost immediately got an email apology on behalf of Krystal from Tiffany at KHQ. The important bit is this:
I didn't realize that you had in your possession your Hall of Fame plaque and that it wasn't properly displayed in a Krystal location. This needs to be fixed. I know that the Vineville location was your Krystal, and it was unfortunate when it closed as the restaurant was a fixture in the area and was very popular with locals for nearly 30 years, but we're excited to share with you that our other Macon restaurants will soon be getting remodeled. And if you're interested, we'd love to make one of them the new home to your Hall of Fame plaque! Or we can place it at a new “adopted” Krystal location of your choice. Just let us know which location you prefer so we can properly and proudly have it displayed for all to see.
So now I am stumped. Given the entire Krystal Kountry I need to choose one Krystal to be my new "Home."
Some people say I can be very indecisive. I guess I might be, but I'm not sure. What do you think? Well, that's not terribly important right now, I suppose. I have however, decided to open the decision up to you. I have started a (non-binding) poll here at Krystal Adventures on where my plaque should wind up. You should see the poll on the left and in this post. I'll leave the poll up until probably Christmas. I'm going to be extremely busy til then. With Thanksgiving bearing down on me, that means Final Exams are around the corner, and that is immediately followed by the Krystal Kid Christmas Tour, 2008 (Returning this year to Florida and Georgia!)
I suspect some of the choices in the poll may need some explanation.
The Macon connection is easy. A Macon Krystal would be closest geographically to where I was inducted, and also most likely to be seen by people who knew me during my "Krystal Days."
When my Krystal closed a few months back, Bernida (the store manager) was due to relocate to the Krystal on Watson Blvd in Warner Robins. Since the real fun of Krystal is the people, and Bernida was the face of Krystal to me for so many years, having my plaque move with her seems natural.
Conyers, GA is where Krystal Thursdays began back in 1989. If you dig around in my old posts, you'll find the story, and in fact you'll probably find some pictures. The up side to Conyers is I get back to Conyers a couple of times a year. The down side is I rarely get close to the Conyers Krystal. That part of town is insane now.
Murrell's Inlet, SC is now the closest to me geographically. It's about 2 hours south. While it's a lot further than my old drive of roughly 5 minutes, it's still better than 6 hours. I haven't been down there in a couple of months, but there was a while there it was a once a month thing. They do already have two Hall of fame plaques there, so it might get crowded.
Pooler and Augusta, GA are purely selfish. Those two cities are the edge of Burgatory when I am going south to GA. I always stop and fill my tank and my tummy when I pass through.
The last choice, Keep It, has actually been suggested by more than one person. I think they don't realize I already have a much larger plaque hanging in the hall here at the Krystal Kave.
Don't worry. It's no longer so lonely looking on the wall. I Have a few beautiful old Krystal restaurant pictures on either side of it to keep it cozy.
But with that said, I present to you:

The Poll



The poll is javascript, so it may not work via email. When you vote, it will pop up a page with the results and a few ads. What can I say? It was free and I am cheap.
Tiffany's letter also had this tid bit in it:
Oh btw, I imagine when you travel back to Georgia you go through Augusta, but if you ever come through SC and pass through Greenville, SC, be sure to pull into the new Krystal Drive-In restaurant. It's 1 of 3 in our entire system. Learn more about it by clicking this link.
I am one of those fortunate people to have friends scattered all over the country. While I haven't been up to the Greenville, SC area in a few years, I have been meaning to go back. I actually have two friends up in the area. In a sad twist of irony, though, one does not eat red meat and the other is a vegetarian. So a trip to the cool new Krystal may be a solo venture. On the other hand, I guess I won't have to slap anyone for going for my fries, and all the Krystals are MINE MINE MINE!
Of course I already did a mad dash road trip to see the first one on Brainerd Rd. in Chattanooga. If you hop back to the archives for early Feb 2008, you can see all the great stuff they had. It's temping. Very tempting. I may see if the Christmas Tour can swing way north.
I'm A Krystal Lover

# posted by JasonJ1052 @ 9:09 AM
Comments:
Where do I start Krystal Kid?

To qoute my master "possession is 90% of ownership. But, I don't want you to keep that worldly tresure to yourself. You should have it displayed prominately in a Krystal. Somewhere. Anywhere.

To qoute Bono, U2, "Beautiful Day":

"What you have, you don't need it now.
What you don't know, you can feel somehow.
What you have, you don't need it now...don't need it now."

Being selfish, your plaque should be in a Macon Krystal. Specifcally, the store we always went to while we were working at Mercer Post Office...for 2 years. The closest Krystal to Mercer University, the one on the corner of Riverside and Georgia Avenue!

Those were "Beautiful Days" rushing to get Krystals in your Dodge, Dynasty and get those little burgers down before the afternoon delivery.

Good luck with your decision.

BTW, Krystal should have another ceremony for you and your plaque in it's new home! Expecially, since they displaced your Krystal home.

Renko
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 6:43 PM
 
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