{"id":2256,"date":"2012-06-12T19:31:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T02:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2012-06-12T19:31:54","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T02:31:54","slug":"abridged-pool-menu-achieves-goal-of-shorter-faster-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=2256","title":{"rendered":"Abridged Pool Menu Achieves Goal of Shorter, Faster Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Cool-Ranch-Doritos.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Cool-Ranch-Doritos.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"Cool Ranch Doritos\" width=\"215\" height=\"278\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2257\" \/><\/a>\nIn 2011, Forrest City in conjunction with the MCA, introduced a robust menu offering burgers, brats, hot dogs, nachos, chips, slushes, and of course several kinds of drinks, chips, and candies.  Pool patrons loved the options, as it helped keep their kids out of the water for another 20 to 30 minutes so they could quickly slam two more beers (cans).  As with all good restaurants, offering a variety of great foods comes with a price: a long wait.\n<!--more-->\n\u201cIt was always frustrating when I wanted to quickly grab a soda, and there were 10 kids in front of me holding handfuls of quarters not sure what they wanted to get,\u201d says Stapleton resident Andrew Fogdall.  \u201cIt would take forever.\u201d  Many people (undisclosed number) complained to Forrest City about these lines according to Forrest City spokesperson Janelle Ayers.\n\u201cAs everyone knows, we work almost to a fault to appease everyone in the community,\u201d says Ayers.  \u201cWe did some studies and ran some diagnostic scenarios, and the most cost-effective way to reduce the length of the lines was to simply pear back the offerings.\u201d  Pool concessions did pull back quite a bit.\nNew menu:\n\n\n<ul>\n\t\n\n<li>Diet Mountain Dew<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>Cool Ranch Doritos<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\nNot everyone is pleased with the new menu.  \u201cThis is ridiculous,\u201d said Mandy Crosley.  \u201cWe used to be able to stay here all day without having to worry about packing a bunch of snacks.  Now, there is nothing to offer, so the kids break down and we have to leave.  Then I have to entertain the kids the rest of the afternoon.\u201d\nForrest City will continue to use the new menu throughout this pool season, but is open to another change next year.  \u201cWe will continue to track the complaints of the community, and next year will bend over backwards to adjust accordingly.\u201d ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-32","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}