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Notes from a restaurant staff meeting
Rob [1] and I went to T.B. O'McFlynnagans for a fairly late lunch/early
dinner. We were sat near the back of the restaurant and while dining, we
couldn't but help overhear their general staff meeting (since the restaurant
was nearly empty of patrons).
“We're discontinuing the World Trade Center promotion,” said the manager.
“T.B. O'McFlynnagans just donated over a million dollars toward the relief
fund, which is more than any other restaurant has done.”
“But, like, what if one of the, like, customers, asks, or something?” asked
one of the waitrons.
“Just tell them T.B. O'McFlynnagans has dontated over a million dollars. No
other chain has matched that. For instance, XXXXXXXXXX grosses only three or
four thousand dollars, and at ten percent, that isn't much money. Heck, today
we might gross six thousand, and at 10% it isn't that much. So just tell the
customer that we gave over a million dollars. Okay?” I'm guessing heads
nodded, as I was actually facing away from the meeting.
“Okay. Now, the flags are coming down,” said the manager. I looked around the
bar area, and taped all around it were American paper flags; every visible
surface area had a paper flag covering it. “They've been up since the attack,
and I think it's been long enough.”
“So, dude, can we, like, keep them, dude?” asked another waitron.
“Yes. If you want.” Pause, while I assume the manager was looking over the
assembled workers. “So, we're no longer doing the promotion and if customers
complain, oh well. And the flags are coming down. Anything else?” Apparently
not, for the meeting ended right there.
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