did anyone go out and get a free grand slam? i mean, i know that tons of people did, i'm just wondering if anyone that occasionally hits this blog did? i'll admit, i thought about it, but i had other things on my plate today. (buh dum bum! thank you, i'll be here all week.)
when i heard about the offer, and how denny's was using it to "reintroduce" themselves to america. i didn't think it would be that big of a deal, but, they did get a lot of press out of the issue. and, the morning news i watched while getting ready @ 6 a.m. showed that there was already a long line @ one of the fresno locations.
this article on the sf gate made me think about some other angles of the story: those who are in need due to a sagging economy. they interviewed several people that were out of work and either really needed a free meal or just could use the help not having to pay for one meal would give.
i also wondered about tips for such a meal. i mean, any percent of 0 is still 0, so all the cheapskates could go in and leave whatever, if anything. myself, if i was eating i think i would've just figured in the $5.99 that i would have paid and scratched off the tip like that. the waiter still had to serve me food, refill my drink, and talk to me. it seems that not everyone thought the same, (taken from same article)
"Nobody's leaving anything," said one waiter, who identified himself as Raymundo. "And some people are not so nice."
The trouble, Raymundo said, was that only the Grand Slam breakfast - bacon, eggs, pancakes, sausage - was free. Not the coffee or the orange juice and certainly not the steak.
"One man ordered the T-bone, and I told him it wasn't included, and he said, 'F- you,' " Raymundo said. "That's the kind of day it's been."
savages. just because you're getting free grub doesn't mean you have to treat someone else like crap, even if you situation stinks. i'm sure that most people were civil, and i bet a few even left a decent tip.
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That is messed up and embarassing. I just read an article yesterday that a restaraunt in the UK is allowing customers to pay whatever they they feel is appropriate for their meals for a month. The manager of the restaraunt says that he isnt losing any money and in fact people are actually paying 20% more than the original price.
Perhaps people in the UK arent assholes like the people here who get pissed when their steak isnt free, but it probably has more to do with the types of restaraunts. Dennys is a lower income and very casual establishment. The restaraunt in the UK serves crab tartelette, foie gras terrine and goat cheese souffle which makes me think that their normal customers are probably more well to do.
That being said you could be low income and eat at this restaraunt and pay a pound for it if you wanted to but in that enviornment you may be less likely to do that. There is something to be said about how the enviornment effects how you behave.
I could expand on this but I am having trouble being clear for soem reason so I am not going to. I think you know what I mean.
Anyway, here is an old fashioned link to the article below.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090203/lf_nm_life/us_britain_restaurant_1
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