Americans love eating out, and they do it often too. It's not unheard of for someone to eat out more than 10 times every week. Yet, this is one area where practice doesn't always make perfect. Below are five secrets that even the typical "eat-out junkie" probably doesn't know.
It is a well-known statistic that whatever is on the "recommended list" boosts popularity by another 30%. If the waiters/waitresses push for them, the number goes even higher. Sometimes, we want you to order them because that's the tastiest dish so you will leave a bigger tip. Other times, we push certain dishes because the ingredients are able to expire, or that our profit margin are the highest. We might try different combinations to up sell you more food so you will end up paying more, too.
We want you to come in and get out so the next customer can sit down. In order to do that, we have to prepare as much as possible in advance. Sometimes, it includes preparing salads and putting everything in the fridge. Other times, it means cooking your food for half the time in the morning so we can finish the rest when you order it at night. If you can't tell, we won't tell.
Not many fishermen would go out on Sundays, so forget fresh seafood on Mondays. Then there's the head chef, dictating everything around the kitchen until he's off that day, of course. Eat at the restaurant on that particular day of the week, and you have the best chance of trying out how great our microwave is out back.
A secret to getting rid of steak gone bad is to serve it to customers who order their meat fully cooked. Since the flavor is just about all gone by the time the steak is well done, no one will know the steak was bad in the first place.
We offer free refills on these, and when you leave, we just fill the bowl up and serve it to the next customer without washing the bowl. As we can't control who washes their hands after a bathroom visit, you are on your own if you love the free food we give you.
You know that guy over there? He paid less than half you did because he used a Restaurant.com coupon. You will never know, though, and we'd be happy to charge you full price every time you come in, even if you are one of our loyal customers.
If you read all of the above and still become a regular at our restaurant, I know you probably have no other choice but to come, in which case I will probably raise the prices on the menu, too.
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