Problem: What would be an example of an negative review?

Answer: I heard people talk about this place at work a lot. They'd mention grabbing an after work beer and frequenting it quite often since it was so close. One day a coworker mentioned (since they knew that I was obsessed) that they had fried pickles there and I was gung-ho about going there soon. That same week my boyfriend mentioned that he would be going there with a group of people that Friday and invited me to come. I was ecstatic. I was ecstatic until the moment the GPS turned us into a very familiar parking lot of a very shady establishment. I was suddenly reliving a repressed experience from about a year prior. The experience had been so bad, I had forgotten the name of the place all together. Skip and Jan's sounds so lighthearted, friendly, and inviting. It is not. Memories of disgusting chicken fingers and mozzarella sticks (things you wouldn't think would even be possible to mess up cooking) flew through my mind. And the second I walked in the door I got the same feeling that I needed to sanitize every surface that I dare touch. Now let me say, there is shady good, and shady bad. This is shady horrific. It reminds me of the smell of a plastic puke bucket from when you are sick as a child. But deep inside me, I just had to stay, socialize, and try their fried pickles. I did, and they were the best things I have eaten there. At least you could tell they were not 3 year old frozen pieces of cardboard like everything else on the menu. But for fried pickles they still weren't the best. The only positive thing that I can think of is the fact that our waitress did seem to handle our huge unruly space-cadet group of people quickly and with ease. If that is the only saving grace, I'd rather eat my fried pickles elsewhere.

Problem: What would be an example of an positive review?

Answer: After reading all the rants and raves, I FINALLY managed to get my butt down to Pop Up Pizza. A vegan friend of mine recently blogged about their vegan pizza by the slice and I wanted to champion the cause. When we arrived they didn't have a vegan pizza made - and I didn't want them to go to the trouble of making one just so I could have a single slice, so I went with a slice of their standard veggie. The service was super friendly and I instantly liked the staff. One popped our slices in the oven while we paid, another popped them out - maybe a little too soon. Our slices weren't hot enough - the potatoes on my slice were thick enough to still be cold...but who doesn't like cold pizza? I still really loved the crunchiness of the crust and the flavor of their sauce is way above average and kind of sweet. We took up their table space chatting with friends from out-of-town for quite a while. I would have given them three stars - but the guys are so nice - they even asked me if I wanted to try a vegan slice when they had one ready. I was already sated with my slice of veggie - but total props for offering! Still looking forward to trying the vegan!

Problem: What would be an example of an negative review?

Answer:
Gross...that's pretty much all I have to say about it. The lo mein was actually chow mein, which seems to have become a trend for Charlotte Chinese food. The egg roll was dry and I had no clue what was actually inside it. They use styrofoam plates and plastic utensils, so definitely not enviro friendly. It may be cheap, but there is a reason for that.