rant · moment 6 of 14
Paul Mangemile's Ponzi Scheme Revival and the Franchise Fee Waiver
from Protestant Blood Burger · #11
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5 minTim narrates the CEO Paul Mangemile's bizarre relaunch of Bennigan's years after the bankruptcy, calling it a likely Ponzi scheme and mocking the CEO's claims about beloved servers against the backdrop of horrific Yelp reviews.
- 14:22Paul Mangemile buys the Bennigan's brand years after it was shut down, a decision Tim suspects was part of a Ponzi scheme.
- 15:02Tim suggests Bennigan's might actually be a front for the black market organ trade, since no one has ever actually walked into one.
- 15:23Mangemile claims on Fox that Bennigan's will never replace servers with robots because robots can't talk about the menu or do refills.
- 15:45A Yelp review describes a customer sitting down at Bennigan's, waiting ten minutes with no service, then being threatened with police if he doesn't pay before leaving.
- 16:10The new Bennigan's website markets the Turkey O'Toole as their comeback item, promoting Irish nostalgia for a restaurant concept no one asked for.
- 16:50Tim accuses Bennigan's of orchestrating a viral story about a sailor whose friend bought a beer in his memory, using the emotional moment for marketing.
- 17:27Every Yelp review of Bennigan's mentions servers either bleeding, blowing their nose, being too old to remember tables, or getting fired mid-shift.
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