Denny's slammed by breakfast giveaway

Onkel Neal · 02-03-09, 11:56 PM

I overheard a girl talking about this before class today, she said she and a friend stood in line for over an hour to get the free breakfast. Wow, people go crazy over the word free

I mean, sure, but for $5.99 breakfast??

And as expected, people who value free so highly are not very generous tippers

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Inside the restaurant, the servers' hands were full, and their pockets were empty. Tips were almost nonexistent, as 15 percent of nothing is nothing.
"Nobody's leaving anything," said one waiter, who identified himself as Raymundo. "And some people are not so nice."

UnderseaLcpl · 02-04-09, 12:09 AM

Well, now that they know this, Denny's should sell ad space on their walls next time to recoup some of the expense

Seeing how popular promising free stuff is, I think I might use the idea to try to get elected President someday. The other candidates won't see that one coming.

August · 02-04-09, 12:14 AM

The best waitress I ever met worked the counter at a Dennys in Leominster Massachusetts. It was like she could read her customers minds. Her movements were so fluid and efficient that it was a joy to watch her in action.

Torplexed · 02-04-09, 01:24 AM

I'm sticking with the incompetents at Hooters. They're also a joy to watch.

nikimcbee · 02-04-09, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

I'm sticking with the incompetents at Hooters. They're also a joy to watch.

Here, let me wipe that off...

Aramike · 02-04-09, 03:44 AM

This made me think of something - I often go to watch our minor league hockey team in town play, and every game there's 2 or 3 promos involving food - specifically, they ask people to stand up and make noise in order to score a pizza, or a snack-stick, or whatever.

And everytime I see it, I'm thinking, "man, humanity is far closer to dogs than they realize..."

It's amazing what people will do when you combine the words "free" and "food".

Oh, and and come on ... does anyone really buy these people's lame excuse that the economy is why they're standing in line for the free eggs? Somehow, just through knowing human nature, I highly doubt that the story would have been any different in a great economy.

Frame57 · 02-04-09, 12:13 PM

A buddy of mine told me about this yesterday. He said he was going to go and get his "free" breakfast and that so should I. Hmmm! Let me see here... I make 35 dollars an hour and I am going to go stand in line for an hour and a half to get a stupid 6 dollar breakfast??? NOT

A Very Super Market · 02-04-09, 12:43 PM

Honestly, all this free food tends to be from fast food franchises that sell ridiculously cheap products in the first place

FIREWALL · 02-04-09, 12:53 PM

Humanity is already crawling on all fores.

You ain't seen nuttin yet.

AVGWarhawk · 02-04-09, 12:59 PM

Yes sir! A free $5.99 breakfast

Spent $8.50 on antacid after the meal...sweet

Bunch of bums not leaving some sort of tip for the servers.

antikristuseke · 02-04-09, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

I'm sticking with the incompetents at Hooters. They're also a joy to watch.

Looks good ennough to eat to me

Allso mandatory bad joke about free stuff.
What's the biggest dilemma a jew could ever have?
Free pork.

SteamWake · 02-04-09, 01:16 PM

FREE BEER !!!

(tommorow)

Jimbuna · 02-04-09, 04:03 PM

Take the kids....its free

02-04-09, 12:09 AM	#2
UnderseaLcpl Silent Hunter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Storming the beaches! Posts: 4,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well, now that they know this, Denny's should sell ad space on their walls next time to recoup some of the expense Seeing how popular promising free stuff is, I think I might use the idea to try to get elected President someday. The other candidates won't see that one coming. __________________ I stole this sig from Task Force

02-04-09, 12:14 AM	#3
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The best waitress I ever met worked the counter at a Dennys in Leominster Massachusetts. It was like she could read her customers minds. Her movements were so fluid and efficient that it was a joy to watch her in action. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

02-04-09, 12:13 PM	#7
Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	A buddy of mine told me about this yesterday. He said he was going to go and get his "free" breakfast and that so should I. Hmmm! Let me see here... I make 35 dollars an hour and I am going to go stand in line for an hour and a half to get a stupid 6 dollar breakfast??? NOT __________________ "My Religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." Albert Einstein

02-04-09, 12:43 PM	#8
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Honestly, all this free food tends to be from fast food franchises that sell ridiculously cheap products in the first place __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

02-04-09, 12:53 PM	#9
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Humanity is already crawling on all fores. You ain't seen nuttin yet. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

02-04-09, 01:24 AM	#4
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I'm sticking with the incompetents at Hooters. They're also a joy to watch.

02-04-09, 03:44 AM	#6
Aramike Ocean Warrior Best of SUBSIM Chairman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 3,207 Downloads: 59 Uploads: 0	This made me think of something - I often go to watch our minor league hockey team in town play, and every game there's 2 or 3 promos involving food - specifically, they ask people to stand up and make noise in order to score a pizza, or a snack-stick, or whatever. And everytime I see it, I'm thinking, "man, humanity is far closer to dogs than they realize..." It's amazing what people will do when you combine the words "free" and "food". Oh, and and come on ... does anyone really buy these people's lame excuse that the economy is why they're standing in line for the free eggs? Somehow, just through knowing human nature, I highly doubt that the story would have been any different in a great economy.

02-04-09, 12:59 PM	#10
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,275 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Yes sir! A free $5.99 breakfast Spent $8.50 on antacid after the meal...sweet Bunch of bums not leaving some sort of tip for the servers. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-04-09, 01:16 PM	#12
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	FREE BEER !!! (tommorow)

02-04-09, 04:03 PM	#13
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,630 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Take the kids....its free __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!