Of salads, a crazy woman and a guy at the end of his rope

[dalesys]

It's the truth folks. FREE is one of the most dangerous words in the English language.

Free dumb is just another word for nothing left to lose...

[Eisa]

Charging by weight is what this frozen yogurt place here does [can't remember the name]. You get a cup, fill it up with whatever frozen yogurt and toppings you want [and they have a fuck-ton of toppings, it's awesome ]...and then you weigh it on a scale right in front and pay.

[dragon_wings]

Charging by weight is what this frozen yogurt place here does [can't remember the name]. You get a cup, fill it up with whatever frozen yogurt and toppings you want [and they have a fuck-ton of toppings, it's awesome ]...and then you weigh it on a scale right in front and pay.

TCBY maybe?

[EricKei]

Free dumb is just another word for nothing left to lose...

Ouch. Now get that damn song snippet outta my head!

It's the truth folks. FREE is one of the most dangerous words in the English language.

This right here, methinks, is the motivation behind 90% of all sucky customer behavior.

[Indigo]

Well, even then, the SC would probably get a rifle pointed at their head or a hoe swung at their backside.

...Wait, is that a bad thing?

I guess the local property owner could just hold the implement up over her head as a warning...of course, if it didn't work, he'd have to bring the hoe down.

Knowing the farmers/major gardeners around here - yea those SCs would be run off pretty quickly. And we're none too polite when doing it either

I guess they really don't realize that produce is expensive and growing it can be labor-intensive - hence the limits / extra charges most food places have.

[Eisa]

TCBY maybe?

Hmm. No, not them...it's some other place, but I'd have to go there again to see the name lol.

[dragon_wings]

Hmm. No, not them...it's some other place, but I'd have to go there again to see the name lol.

Dang! That reminds me. I keep forgetting to get some TCBY.

[Eisa]

I found their card in my purse. One of those buy 9, get the 10th free deals. They are called YoCrazy. Self-serve frozen yogurt. Mmm.




Also I see nothing wrong with clanging an SC like that with farming/gardening implements...

[Ben_Who]

There was a sandwich shop near where I worked called "Gravity." They didn't last long, which was a shame; they had the best damn curry chicken I ever did eat. And they charged by the pound rather than by the sandwich.

I don't know if their failure was a problem of accounting (lightweight foods that cost more than heavy stuff) or if they just couldn't get the word out - I was the only one in the shop most of the time - but I remember loving the concept.

Ah, yes, the customer who tries to get seconds. I've been racking my brains trying to remember the entree, but I remember someone at a nearby fast-food restaurant walking off with a MOUNTAIN of food because she kept asking for extra this, extra that, some more of those, some more of these...Fifteen ketchup packets and twelve mustard packets and I don't know what all else, all for the cost of a six-dollar combo. There wasn't a person in line that didn't know what she was doing. She easily had eleven dollars' worth of food on her tray.

It always bothers me - for their sake - to watch a counterperson cringe when they say they'll have to charge you for that extra sauce packet. I can only imagine how much abuse they'd taken on the subject up to that point to have that shrink reflex, as well as the visible relief when you accept the policy with grace. There's a Burger King in one of the less pleasant neighborhoods in town where the counterpeople seem to exist in a constant state of fear, and any attempt to defend overhead by limiting extras is usually undone within a few days.