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In reply to the discussion: Applebee's official reply [View all]graham4anything
(11,464 posts)and it would be nationwide
all those regular people would be out of a job for a year
YES, they would all theoretically be rehired and all a year later, but what would they do for that year.
Also, it doesn't necessarily hold that the owner of the land would rent it/lease it for the same price.
So it is possible the land would wait til someone paid a much higher rent
(though this would apply more in NY than NJ if we are talking theoreticals.
Just for the record-
I myself am not a big fan of theirs.It's another place I never pick, but if someone else is either treating, or a group of us go and someone else is making the pick will go there.
the old you get what you pay for and value wise they are not a good value.
So it is not that I am protecting them or anything.
One thing about alot of the chains(unlike the mom and pop places I would rather go)
but these chains have the original seater, then the original server, however, three other people bring you the different courses, and then the original server gets refills if anyone wants them, and hands the bill.
I prefer the older one server for the entire meal way. That way if you ask for say a condiment that same person would bring it back,
whereas if you ask one of the others, most times they forget to tell the orignal server,
and you never get it.
That way is also less personal and more assembly line.(but then chains are like that anyhow.)
Rather go to a place, request a certain server, and over time, that person ahead of time knows what drinks, what extras, etc. And those type places we always leave the biggest tip anyhow. Advantage all around.
This story though is one of those where
"the customer is always right" is cloudy.
What is right here?
I think the manager should have been called, and the argument been between management and this person.
And possibly the manager should have comped the meal, but not the gratuity.
The original "crime" had nothing to do with the server.
As it was not in her hands at all.