you guys went overboard with this new relic

[KupoSan]

I for one agree with OP 100%. I like pancakes. Do you guys like PANCAKES? This is how I see it in a pancake analogy (pictures are yummy!):

I go to the Pancake Shop and order some chocolate chip pancakes. I get my order, and the pancakes are standard chocolate chip pancakes. Nothing super special, but you know it's good and was great the first time I ate them. So much flavor, fluffy, and the chips were chocolatey. So I eat there every weekend getting the same thing. It's my special treat for a hard week's work. I look forward to eating this here. However, I'm starting to get bored with this same old dish every weekend. I express to them my desire for something new, and they said they are working on something that everyone can enjoy!

Well, they tell me the next time I go in that they are serving something better than chocolate chip pancakes... they call them Super Fudge Cakes. So I decide to try these bad boys. These Super Fudge Cakes sounds really good--and I'm hungry. I sit down and get ready to order. Upon ordering, they tell me that they actually haven't added this 'signature item' to their menu yet. So I say, "Okay, well, that sucks. I'll come back next weekend." They reply, "Oh sure, we'll have them. We are going to make sure they are extra special just for you since you're a loyal customer and we appreciate your business."

Next weekend, I sit down with my napkin tucked in my shirt. Fork in one hand, knife in the other, I prepare to eat. The waiter comes by and says, "Sir, we didn't get a special shipment of fudge in from Africa, so we can't serve you these pancakes. But we will DEFINITELY have them next weekend. And you know what? We will even let you skip the line and get the first batch if you hand in this ticket. Please, sir, look forward to it." So I'm thinking this fudge from Africa will be so decadent and scrumptious that it will be worth the wait. Besides, why would they lie? I'm a loyal customer, and they surely want my business!

So I'm thinking to myself that's cool. One more try. Next weekend rolls around. I go to the Pancake House. I give them my ticket. I sit down. I order the Super Fudge Cakes. This time the waiter doesn't come out to give me a lame excuse. I'm so pumped. I have like 5 different syrups out and my mouth is watering. Then, he brings me my plate.

...Pancakes with chocolate chips on top with fudge shavings around the plate as a garnish. WUT? I tell the waiter, "Sir, there must be some mistake. I ordered super fudge cakes, not chocolate chip pancakes with fudge shavings around it. I thought this was going to be super special, but it looks like what I normally get with some fudge shavings..." He said, "Oh, well just try this and wait patiently. If more customers than you complain, we will think about adding more fudge. Until then, please enjoy!"

Now, should I be mad? I mean, I got my Super Fudge Cakes after several delays. So, I should just eat them and be quiet, right? They taste just the same as the chocolate chip pancakes. They look *nearly* the same, I can tell they just added some fudge garnish. It's what I enjoyed before. So, it's okay right?

WRONG.

I should be upset. I waited how many weekends for this special menu item? I was told it kept being delayed only to have my sights set on something special only to get the same thing I had before with a minor variation (visual appearance). While it was good, I was told it would be worth the wait. When I complained, they said they'd look into it (but I knew they would probably just lower the price by a quarter or something). As a customer, I will do one of two things: hold a grudge and continue eating there anticipating a change, or leave and find somewhere else that will fit my needs. I didn't mind the wait. Things happen. I was told this special fudge from Africa would make the Super Fudge Cake yummy, so I waited. I was excited, only to be let down that it was the same old as before. It filled my stomach, but I didn't enjoy it because I had my sights set on something new and innovative. This was the reason I waited so long. The loud people behind me said, "Well, if you don't like it, then don't eat it." So I told them, "Okie dokie. I won't." And I walked out of the Pancake House and never returned.

I feel like this with the relic, if I even make sense. It's not the grind that's the bother. It's the fact that it's the same thing presented ever-so-slightly different after a long period of wait. I was excited to try something different. I can live eating chocolate chip pancakes. I can live slowly doing this same repeated content. But it's not a Super Fudge Cake. ;_;'