Complaint Review: Outback Steakhouse - Tampa Florida

I'm such a loser. Back when this report originated, I was Tim from Grand Haven MI. I got all into this debate and what not. Now, years later, I relaize it was a joke. And a pretty funny one at that, it's just too bad I played right into it. Bravo to the author. If you liked this one, there's a great McDonald's report about a "missing McNugget" I think it's titled something like "Where's My McNugget?" Check it out, it's hilarious. Just keep in mind that it's a joke, and see how seriously tools like myself take it.

I can't believe that no one noticed the invalidity of ths post. The author even made sure that if you didn't catch it at first he said that Australians demanded to be given credit for "inventing the printing press, discovering DNA and the haiku." These are all things that are very obviously not attributed to Australian culture!

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Having lived both in Australia and the U.S., I know a little bit about both cultures. When I hear those sappy Outback commercials, I cringe. Real "Aussies" would probably not eat at such a "wannabee" eating establishment which is pretentious and overpriced. I have had better steak at other places and don't think much of "theme" restaurants. By the way, I never understood the fascination with "Yanks" and the American culture when I lived in Australia, nor do I understand the caricatures of Aussies by our country. Get a life, people!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a prank. Here is the quote from the original message left by Tom of York(wtf?), AZ that gives it away; "Real Australian beer like Rolling Rock shall be served". This guy is making fun of the Political Correctness lobbyists and its funny how many of you guys fell for the gag.

This is a prank. Here is the quote from the original message left by Tom of York(wtf?), AZ that gives it away; "Real Australian beer like Rolling Rock shall be served". This guy is making fun of the Political Correctness lobbyists and its funny how many of you guys fell for the gag.

This is a prank. Here is the quote from the original message left by Tom of York(wtf?), AZ that gives it away; "Real Australian beer like Rolling Rock shall be served". This guy is making fun of the Political Correctness lobbyists and its funny how many of you guys fell for the gag.

Fair Dinkium Joe if you are an Aussie good bloody job you pissed off over there, a better place for you would be the UK as you sound more like a winging Bloody POM than an Aussie. (No offence meant to all my Pommy mates) So you are offended by the restaurant "Outback Steakhouse" having a bit fun with us, we have been taking the mickey out (having a go) of the yanks ever since WW2 and they have taken it ok. Have a Butchers Hook (Take a look) at the way we portray them in the movies we make. I am a bit dirty that none of those Green Backs are flowing back to the Land Downuder though from the Outback Steakhouse, possibly the management could send me a slab or 10 of VB (Real Aussie Beer not like that Fosters Piss) Struth a bloke wouldn't pour that on Joe if his bloody brains on fire, (but I don't think he has any). All I can say is quote a famous line "Don't worry what they say about you as long as they are talking about you". Outback Steakhouse I am coming over soon make sure the VB is cold and the Jillaroo's are Hot, d**n Hot!!!! Knacker Bags

Lighten up Joe!! We Aussies can give as good as we get and don't give a tinker's cuss what anybody says about us. I live on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland where we have a large tourist flow through of 'septic tanks' who enjoy taking the mickey out of us and we reciprocate - it is all in good fun. Since when has 'tiny kangaroo down sport' meant anything to Aussies. 'Tie me (my) kangaroo down sport' was a song performed by Rolf Harris a long time ago and certainly has no place in our Heritage. Rolf has lived in England for decades as I suspect you have done likewise in the US. Neither of you could be classed as 'cutting edge aussies'. To all of our American friends please don't think Joey is typical of real Aussies. I have a 'bonza'(terrific) wife and kids, we all love our 'tucker'(food) and are going to see the crocodile hunter today. He has a lot of 'joeys'(baby kagaroos) at his Australia Zoo at the moment. 'Hooley Dooley'(crikey) a croc nearly got Steve just two days ago. Steve spends a fair bit of time with 'Jackeroos' (outback farm(ranch) hands). Joe, if wallaby is an offensive term, why do we call our world cup winning Rugby Union team the wallabies?? As Bazza MacKenzie (a creation of Barry Humphries aka Dame Edna Everidge) said many years ago 'go stick your head up a dead bear's bum' and stop pretending you're an Aussie. I'm born, bred, educated, do business in and always lived in Australia and absolutely love our unique venacular. I'm so pleased to find out that there is a business called Outback Steakhouse in America that is taking our unique slang to the world - more power to them. Joe if this offends you then don't come back to Australia because most of us use these words on a daily basis, mate! - I would hate to offend you. To you guys and gals in the states book your next holiday to Australia and see how the real Aussies live, talk, play, have fun and most importantly appreciate you visiting our 'Bonza' place on this planet!!!

a restaraunt chain named sambos's? it was forced to shut down because it's name was deemed to be derogatory to blacks? i agree w/ an earlier post.. pc has gone waaayyy too far

After all this heated debate I have decided to open up my own restaurant called, nevertheless, "JEMIMA's". I have been working for several years to save up to open such a place, and now I finally have the perfect idea about what that place might be. Being a large African American woman myself, I would be proud to show off my heritage and culture to the world through my new themed restaurant. We WILL be serving fried chicken, watermelon, and also okra, collard greens, mustard greens, chitlins, gizzards, as well as old time favourites such as grits, black eye peas, and kountry korn bread. I am going to put up civil war memorabilia and dress my staff in replica costumes to detail the times that are the hardest of my people. And hopefully my customers will come in and leave no only educated about my people, but also have a full belly and return again for many more good times. To Mister Aussie himself, you may visit my restaurant any time so you do not have to eat at Outback anymore. I would enjoy the pleasure of serving you. I have already selected a dilapidated building for repair and I expect the restaurant to open in August 2004 in the small town of SOCKSVILLE, NEBRASKA. Please join us!

No, Joe, I don't feel that bigotry should be tolerated, and I don't understand how you derived that conclusion from my statements. Go to the "Civil rights violations" cateogory on this site, read a little, and you will find just how much I value equality. I vocally support affirmative action even though it usually places me on the defensive, and I feel that no American should be denied the opportunities afforded the majority. Your contentions against me are absurd, and your assertion that I am an ignorant bigot is baseless at best. My ancestry is Irish. Do you know anything about the extreme difficulties that my ancestors faced in early America? Do you know anything about the extreme difficulties that black citizens and hispanic immigrants still face in our nation? Let me tell ya mate... it goes way beyond ignorantly made commercials for a crappy restaurant, even if that restaurant offers "the finest Kunta Kinte fried chicken and watermelon platter" around. If Outback commercials are the biggest concern of your group, consider yourselves lucky. There are groups in our country that face FAR bigger problems than being stereotyped as rugged outdoorsmen. Such is my argument. Movements like yours make valuable social reform look like a joke, and give ammunition to the guys on MSNBC (who, by the way, put FOX News to shame when it comes to liberal bashing... Scarborough, Savidge, Imus, and Matthews Vs. O' Reilly and that other guy who looks like he's made out of plastic? Come on now, mate!). How will forcing Outback to abandon their ad campaign further the plight of the common Australian American? Will it provide increased educational opportunities? Increased employment opportunities? Increased housing opportunities? A decrease in criminality and victimization? Will it even provide Australian Americans a greater deal of respect for their cultural background? Outback's marketing campaign may not be politically correct, but is it really hurting anyone? Is anyone's life made harder because of it? I would think not. To assert that this is the case is to assert that your culture is too weak to defend itself against such silliness. If fighting an insignificant and ridiculous marketing campaign is how the people who fund your activities want their money spent, then go for it. Best of luck to you. My belief system requires me to take the side of the little guy. If, however, the people who fund your activities want their money spent in a fruitful manner, I would suggest a different approach.

No, Joe, I don't feel that bigotry should be tolerated, and I don't understand how you derived that conclusion from my statements. Go to the "Civil rights violations" cateogory on this site, read a little, and you will find just how much I value equality. I vocally support affirmative action even though it usually places me on the defensive, and I feel that no American should be denied the opportunities afforded the majority. Your contentions against me are absurd, and your assertion that I am an ignorant bigot is baseless at best. My ancestry is Irish. Do you know anything about the extreme difficulties that my ancestors faced in early America? Do you know anything about the extreme difficulties that black citizens and hispanic immigrants still face in our nation? Let me tell ya mate... it goes way beyond ignorantly made commercials for a crappy restaurant, even if that restaurant offers "the finest Kunta Kinte fried chicken and watermelon platter" around. If Outback commercials are the biggest concern of your group, consider yourselves lucky. There are groups in our country that face FAR bigger problems than being stereotyped as rugged outdoorsmen. Such is my argument. Movements like yours make valuable social reform look like a joke, and give ammunition to the guys on MSNBC (who, by the way, put FOX News to shame when it comes to liberal bashing... Scarborough, Savidge, Imus, and Matthews Vs. O' Reilly and that other guy who looks like he's made out of plastic? Come on now, mate!). How will forcing Outback to abandon their ad campaign further the plight of the common Australian American? Will it provide increased educational opportunities? Increased employment opportunities? Increased housing opportunities? A decrease in criminality and victimization? Will it even provide Australian Americans a greater deal of respect for their cultural background? Outback's marketing campaign may not be politically correct, but is it really hurting anyone? Is anyone's life made harder because of it? I would think not. To assert that this is the case is to assert that your culture is too weak to defend itself against such silliness. If fighting an insignificant and ridiculous marketing campaign is how the people who fund your activities want their money spent, then go for it. Best of luck to you. My belief system requires me to take the side of the little guy. If, however, the people who fund your activities want their money spent in a fruitful manner, I would suggest a different approach.

No, Joe, I don't feel that bigotry should be tolerated, and I don't understand how you derived that conclusion from my statements. Go to the "Civil rights violations" cateogory on this site, read a little, and you will find just how much I value equality. I vocally support affirmative action even though it usually places me on the defensive, and I feel that no American should be denied the opportunities afforded the majority. Your contentions against me are absurd, and your assertion that I am an ignorant bigot is baseless at best. My ancestry is Irish. Do you know anything about the extreme difficulties that my ancestors faced in early America? Do you know anything about the extreme difficulties that black citizens and hispanic immigrants still face in our nation? Let me tell ya mate... it goes way beyond ignorantly made commercials for a crappy restaurant, even if that restaurant offers "the finest Kunta Kinte fried chicken and watermelon platter" around. If Outback commercials are the biggest concern of your group, consider yourselves lucky. There are groups in our country that face FAR bigger problems than being stereotyped as rugged outdoorsmen. Such is my argument. Movements like yours make valuable social reform look like a joke, and give ammunition to the guys on MSNBC (who, by the way, put FOX News to shame when it comes to liberal bashing... Scarborough, Savidge, Imus, and Matthews Vs. O' Reilly and that other guy who looks like he's made out of plastic? Come on now, mate!). How will forcing Outback to abandon their ad campaign further the plight of the common Australian American? Will it provide increased educational opportunities? Increased employment opportunities? Increased housing opportunities? A decrease in criminality and victimization? Will it even provide Australian Americans a greater deal of respect for their cultural background? Outback's marketing campaign may not be politically correct, but is it really hurting anyone? Is anyone's life made harder because of it? I would think not. To assert that this is the case is to assert that your culture is too weak to defend itself against such silliness. If fighting an insignificant and ridiculous marketing campaign is how the people who fund your activities want their money spent, then go for it. Best of luck to you. My belief system requires me to take the side of the little guy. If, however, the people who fund your activities want their money spent in a fruitful manner, I would suggest a different approach.

No, Joe, I don't feel that bigotry should be tolerated, and I don't understand how you derived that conclusion from my statements. Go to the "Civil rights violations" cateogory on this site, read a little, and you will find just how much I value equality. I vocally support affirmative action even though it usually places me on the defensive, and I feel that no American should be denied the opportunities afforded the majority. Your contentions against me are absurd, and your assertion that I am an ignorant bigot is baseless at best. My ancestry is Irish. Do you know anything about the extreme difficulties that my ancestors faced in early America? Do you know anything about the extreme difficulties that black citizens and hispanic immigrants still face in our nation? Let me tell ya mate... it goes way beyond ignorantly made commercials for a crappy restaurant, even if that restaurant offers "the finest Kunta Kinte fried chicken and watermelon platter" around. If Outback commercials are the biggest concern of your group, consider yourselves lucky. There are groups in our country that face FAR bigger problems than being stereotyped as rugged outdoorsmen. Such is my argument. Movements like yours make valuable social reform look like a joke, and give ammunition to the guys on MSNBC (who, by the way, put FOX News to shame when it comes to liberal bashing... Scarborough, Savidge, Imus, and Matthews Vs. O' Reilly and that other guy who looks like he's made out of plastic? Come on now, mate!). How will forcing Outback to abandon their ad campaign further the plight of the common Australian American? Will it provide increased educational opportunities? Increased employment opportunities? Increased housing opportunities? A decrease in criminality and victimization? Will it even provide Australian Americans a greater deal of respect for their cultural background? Outback's marketing campaign may not be politically correct, but is it really hurting anyone? Is anyone's life made harder because of it? I would think not. To assert that this is the case is to assert that your culture is too weak to defend itself against such silliness. If fighting an insignificant and ridiculous marketing campaign is how the people who fund your activities want their money spent, then go for it. Best of luck to you. My belief system requires me to take the side of the little guy. If, however, the people who fund your activities want their money spent in a fruitful manner, I would suggest a different approach.

Wow.... now you are saying that "Tiny Kangaroo Down" is the National Anthem! And before you called it "Tie Me Kangaroo Down!" I find it hilarious that as an Australian, you did not even know what your own national anthem is and have been calling it by the wrong name, until someone corrected you on this board. Now I see why they call people "hooley dooley" and assume that you are offended because you probably get called this A LOT! ROFL!! I think a restaurant called Jemimas would be superb. Why not! I think themed restaurants are THE BOMB and I hope more and more come into existence. How else is one to enjoy cultural foods and atmospheres? I certainly would not cook fried chicken, water melon, collard greens, and pork hocks, but hey if it were out there I'd like to go check it out and see what I am missing. A Hooley Dooly Day to you mate!

Wow.... now you are saying that "Tiny Kangaroo Down" is the National Anthem! And before you called it "Tie Me Kangaroo Down!" I find it hilarious that as an Australian, you did not even know what your own national anthem is and have been calling it by the wrong name, until someone corrected you on this board. Now I see why they call people "hooley dooley" and assume that you are offended because you probably get called this A LOT! ROFL!! I think a restaurant called Jemimas would be superb. Why not! I think themed restaurants are THE BOMB and I hope more and more come into existence. How else is one to enjoy cultural foods and atmospheres? I certainly would not cook fried chicken, water melon, collard greens, and pork hocks, but hey if it were out there I'd like to go check it out and see what I am missing. A Hooley Dooly Day to you mate!

Wow.... now you are saying that "Tiny Kangaroo Down" is the National Anthem! And before you called it "Tie Me Kangaroo Down!" I find it hilarious that as an Australian, you did not even know what your own national anthem is and have been calling it by the wrong name, until someone corrected you on this board. Now I see why they call people "hooley dooley" and assume that you are offended because you probably get called this A LOT! ROFL!! I think a restaurant called Jemimas would be superb. Why not! I think themed restaurants are THE BOMB and I hope more and more come into existence. How else is one to enjoy cultural foods and atmospheres? I certainly would not cook fried chicken, water melon, collard greens, and pork hocks, but hey if it were out there I'd like to go check it out and see what I am missing. A Hooley Dooly Day to you mate!

Wow.... now you are saying that "Tiny Kangaroo Down" is the National Anthem! And before you called it "Tie Me Kangaroo Down!" I find it hilarious that as an Australian, you did not even know what your own national anthem is and have been calling it by the wrong name, until someone corrected you on this board. Now I see why they call people "hooley dooley" and assume that you are offended because you probably get called this A LOT! ROFL!! I think a restaurant called Jemimas would be superb. Why not! I think themed restaurants are THE BOMB and I hope more and more come into existence. How else is one to enjoy cultural foods and atmospheres? I certainly would not cook fried chicken, water melon, collard greens, and pork hocks, but hey if it were out there I'd like to go check it out and see what I am missing. A Hooley Dooly Day to you mate!

Good day mates. Since writing the original report I have received no satisfaction from the blokes at Outback. That is better though than the naked and ugly racism that some like "Tim" would choose to practice to keep his nation white. How would it play to have a restaurant called Jemima's that featured fried chicken and watermelon, and used a vile racial slur like "Kunta Kinte" in menu descriptions? When Outback uses the word "hooley dooley" this is what they are doing! "Tiny Kangaroo Down, Sport" is the Australian national anthem and when Outback plays it ad infinitum in their lobbies it dehumanizes Aussies. Tim the ignorant bigot doesn't even get the network right. It's FOX, not MSNBC that talks about the liberals. But of course he won't give any credit to the creator of FOX, a great and proud Australian named Rupert Murdoch, a humanitarian and a genius. One day he will own your bloody Yank media and push this Outback shite off the table FOREVER!

Did you know that "sitting indian style" is now called "criss-cross-applesauce?" And that school text books can no longer speak of or picture women cooking or doing laundry? As an extreme liberal, I take great offense to this rampant political-correctness. Cultural sensitivity in discourse is important in our diverse nation, but we are now pushing the limits of absurdity. When this sensitivity amounts to strongarmed censorship, our causes have shifted too far away from our ideals. Situations like this are ammunition for the enemy. I'm tired of watching those dimwitted quasi-journalists on MSNBC asserting that the left is pro-censorship. Situations like this are where they get those ideas. I'm sure there are bigger problems facing some Australian Americans than Outback commercials. The time and money this organization has invested in this issue could have, most likely, been put to better use, such as a scholarship fund.

I agree those ads are probably insulting for Australians and it's good you brought this point up. Don't listen to the 'ignorant' Americans who are going to throw it aside as hogwash and tell you you're being too serious. I'm sure those ultra-patriotic Americans wouldn't be too thrilled if their nation or culture was being caricaturized by Australian or any other nation's TV.And the steak in Australia is probably ALOT better than the badly cooked stuff you find at Outback anyway.

C'mon, it's just a restaurant. I've been to Outback Steakhouse many times, and I've heard all of their commercials. Have then in any way given me a bad impression of Australians? Heck no! Did you also protest when Crocodile Dundee came out? Was Paul Hogan's character representative of a typical Australian?

It would seem to me like your less than appropriate reception at the Outback home office is either the result of complete ignorance on the part of people who have accepted what their marketing department told them about Australians, a bungled attempt at a warmhearted meeting, or a disply of how the australianism at Outback is just a silly marketing ploy that shouldn't be taken so seriously. As a whole, Americans seem to admire Australia and the Australian people. This is why Outback's marketing is so effective, we have a romanticized image of Australia that is most likely far from accurate, but is by no means meanspirited. My advice would be to respectufully suggest that you lighten up a bit. Your concerns are certainly valid, but lets face it, when it comes to knowledge of other cultures, Americans are not too bright. Most peoples' image of Australians comes from movies and shows that have "crocodile" in the name. However, if I were to travel to another country and visit an American themed restaurant where the waitresses dressed like Britney Spears and they told me that Busch was the hillbilly word for beer, I would accept it as a humorous misinterpretation of our society.

I do not believe this ridiculous claim for one minute. Anybody who references the playing of "Tiny Kangaroo Down" in the lobby is a moron; the song lyric, in actuality, is "TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN." I used to think these are all serious issues on Ripoff Report; now I know that every once in awhile, a lunatic gets his five minutes of fame. How embarrassing a waste of time to even have read this nonsense!

Wow! I can't believe someone finally realizes that! I used to be a hostess at Outback but I quit finally because of the terms we had to use. A wallaby is an illegal alien in Australia, and a Hooley Dooley is someone who cleans your house! What's up with that? And when someone asked what Foster's was we couldn't say beer we had to say it means beer in the Australian language!

This report makes me laugh! What is your problem, sir? It seems to me that you do not comprehend what the Outback really is. It is NOT an authentic Australian establishment. It IS a fun theme-styled restaurant designed for people to go, have fun, and enjoy themselves in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. Their goal is not to dehuman native Australians in any way. Your complaint contained in your report is so silly! It is like someone complaining about Chuckee Cheese because it is offensive to mice to insinuate that they can talk. Or to Caribou Coffee for demoralizing the great Northern moose by placing its head on the store's walls. Or Macaroni Grill for offending true Italian peoples with tomato sauce produced inside a jar. Or Texas Steak House for their use of cowboy gear and paraphernalia which offends true horse herders and cow buckeneers. Need I go on? It seems to me that perhaps you've been called a wallaby or a jackalope more than a few times in your life to take such offense at such insignificant things. Perhaps you are more suited back in your homeland where establishments such as The Outback do not exist. Best wishes to you, sir. And please, do find a hobby, perhaps one that will be more positive and enthusiastic. Peace be with you!