Restaurants should have 2nd helpings

Flint · 03-19-2009, 08:15 PM

Everybody is looking for ways to cut down. So they divide the meal up into 3rds, and give you two-thirds up front. The waiter comes around and asks "Would you like a second helping?" and they either bring you the last 3rd, or you can order dessert or whatever. Instead of putting the last 3rd into a box, taking it home, and throwing it away two days later. Plus, getting a second helping makes it seem more like a home-cooked meal.

HungLikeJesus · 03-19-2009, 08:29 PM

But what do they do with the other third if you don't eat it - serve it to the next customer?

wolf · 03-19-2009, 10:09 PM

It's been done.

1. Old Country Buffet

2. Shrimp Fest at Red Lobster

jinx · 03-19-2009, 10:18 PM

They are wrong to call them shrimp.... they are jumbo sea monkeys.

glatt · 03-20-2009, 07:56 AM

The waiters will be working more and the kitchen staff will be working more all to save a little food, which is the smallest cost of a meal eaten out. Penny wise and pound foolish.

Flint · 03-20-2009, 09:06 AM

Oh I forgot to mention the best part where I punch glatt in the face.

glatt · 03-20-2009, 09:11 AM

you're a cuckoo

Shawnee123 · 03-20-2009, 09:22 AM

There was a comedian on Dr Katz Professional Therapist once, who said he'd go out to dinner with his parents and his dad would be freaking out "DON'T EAT THE BREAD. THAT'S HOW THEY GET YOU." The guy was like (I'm paraphrasing): what, so I eat some bread and can't finish my steak, what, are they in the back sewing leftover steaks together? Bread is all part of a grand scheme to keep you from finishing your meal so they can use it again?

But that's how they get you.

Flint · 03-20-2009, 09:23 AM

OMG to this day I randomly say to people "Don't eat the bread--THAT'S HOW THEY GET YA!" serisouly

Shawnee123 · 03-20-2009, 09:25 AM

I do too! Only one other person I know gets the reference: my ex.

Flint · 03-20-2009, 09:27 AM

The only other person I shared this joke with is dead.

wolf · 03-20-2009, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinx

They are wrong to call them shrimp.... they are jumbo sea monkeys.

Now you've done it. I'm going to have to start ordering them like that.

classicman · 03-20-2009, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

The only other person I shared this joke with is dead.

See they Got him!

glatt · 03-20-2009, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

"DON'T EAT THE BREAD. THAT'S HOW THEY GET YOU."

You can't spend too much time inside my head.

Shawnee123 · 03-20-2009, 10:12 AM

My head is full of pop culture references. It's scary, in a very sad way.

03-19-2009, 08:15 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Restaurants should have 2nd helpings Everybody is looking for ways to cut down. So they divide the meal up into 3rds, and give you two-thirds up front. The waiter comes around and asks "Would you like a second helping?" and they either bring you the last 3rd, or you can order dessert or whatever. Instead of putting the last 3rd into a box, taking it home, and throwing it away two days later. Plus, getting a second helping makes it seem more like a home-cooked meal. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-19-2009, 08:29 PM	#2
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	But what do they do with the other third if you don't eat it - serve it to the next customer? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	It's been done. 1. Old Country Buffet 2. Shrimp Fest at Red Lobster __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-19-2009, 10:18 PM	#4
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	They are wrong to call them shrimp.... they are jumbo sea monkeys. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

03-20-2009, 09:06 AM	#6
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Oh I forgot to mention the best part where I punch glatt in the face. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-20-2009, 07:56 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The waiters will be working more and the kitchen staff will be working more all to save a little food, which is the smallest cost of a meal eaten out. Penny wise and pound foolish.

03-20-2009, 09:11 AM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	you're a cuckoo

03-20-2009, 09:22 AM	#8
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	There was a comedian on Dr Katz Professional Therapist once, who said he'd go out to dinner with his parents and his dad would be freaking out "DON'T EAT THE BREAD. THAT'S HOW THEY GET YOU." The guy was like (I'm paraphrasing): what, so I eat some bread and can't finish my steak, what, are they in the back sewing leftover steaks together? Bread is all part of a grand scheme to keep you from finishing your meal so they can use it again? But that's how they get you. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-20-2009, 09:23 AM	#9
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	OMG to this day I randomly say to people "Don't eat the bread--THAT'S HOW THEY GET YA!" serisouly __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-20-2009, 09:25 AM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I do too! Only one other person I know gets the reference: my ex. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-20-2009, 09:27 AM	#11
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The only other person I shared this joke with is dead. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-20-2009, 10:12 AM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	My head is full of pop culture references. It's scary, in a very sad way. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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