No need to go all the way to Africa be one of the contestants on the next 'Survivor' - to be tortured and treated with disdain! There is a much easier solution!

You can go to the Applebees Restaurant on Sam Rittenburg Blvd. in Charleston, SC. There the staff will prepare a wonderful adventure for you by spilling a mess on the carpeting - so it will blend in with its surroundings and you won't suspect a thing - until you step down onto the step and slip right off the end into the pool of ick at the bottom. (And the waitress will say 'You have to get up! You are in the way!')

Yes, you too can break your foot and spend a month in a cast while you try to master the skill of caring for your three children and work your full time job! You can grow from the challenges of being treated like nothing by their staff and ignored by their management. You can live with a foot that just isn't the same for the rest of your life - and buy all new shoes because the old ones no longer fit. And at the end of the adventure - they are gonna vote you off so you walk away with practically nothing.

Don't worry, they are going to admit right away that it was their fault - they knew about the hazard...they will agree to pay your medical bills and your attorney and give you a little pocket money so you can eat in their restaurant again - but truly negotiate for what you will receive for your physical, emotional, and social losses - oh, no! Now their insurance company says that the insurance company would negotiate - but Applebees has instructed them not to...They wouldn't want to insult you like that! Better to let you sue so that you can also enjoy the education that comes from an intimate involvement with the American Judicial system - which may take 3 years to settle. OR - you can agree to accept the scraps they throw your way - because after all, you do have those medical bills waiting to be paid...

Oh, and don't bother to contact the corporate office - they don't deal with these complaints - they just refer them back to the franchise - which is where you had all of the fun in the first place! Or at least that's what Dennis told me when I called there...and the letters I sent them - well...just an exercise in writing, I guess.

Boy, Applebees sure has made MY life fun! So next time you want to eat out...think CHILIS or SHONEYS or ANYTHING but APPLEBEES!

My wife, daughters and my son planned on celebrating our 11th anniversary at the local Applebees restaurant. When we arrive, one of the waiter (bold young man) whisper something to the attendant that was looking for seats for all of us. We were sited and waited 20 minutes and nobody came to wait on us. All around us there were nothing but white people. There were three families that arrived after us and were greeted and served. Of course they were all white. While me and my whole hispanic family waited and nobody greeted us. I'm thinking that the waiter that started all this did not even look at us and thought that because we look hispanic we did not speak english. I wonder how many times has this happened at this restaurant. I spoke to the manager who suggested us to stay and pay for our food. WE DO NOT NEED YOUR PITTY... After what your employees have put me and my family I will make sure that this case is.

Every time I got to Applebees (which is never a lot, I've only been there twice in my life) there's always something wrong with it. The first time that I went there my burger wasn't even fully cooked. At first I didn't know, I just thought that it was one of those barely cooked style meats. Well I brought half of it home and my mom took a look at it and told me it was definitely not cooked enough. The 2nd time I went which was many years later, me and my sister were talking about how restaurants don't wash their dishes properly and as soon as she said that I was opening up my napkin and looked at my knife and fork and what do you know, my knife had food from previous customers meal stuck right on it! And my sister had some food on hers too and it was also smeared onto her napkin (that's how much food their was on it). I took a look at my cup and there were lip prints on it from previous customers. The other time my sister went she told me how some girl at another table freaked out because there was a dead bug on it. I mean seriously, how dirty are they that every single time I've been there something like this happens?? And it was in 2 different states. After this happened, I promised myself I would never go there again, even if someone bought free meals for me there I would never go.

I bought an Applebees gift card for my boss for Christmas. My boss and her husband ate a meal at the restaurant and the gift card would not work. I called to get the problem corrected and was told the card would work on the following Thursday. The card was not activated on Thursday. I have called three more times and each time was told the problem would be corrected. It is not corrected.