At a Restaurant, What's an Automatic "I'm Not Eating Here, We Need to Leave"?
Everyone has at least one restaurant DEAL BREAKER. (Like . . . the place has "Golden Corral" on the sign out front.) (???)
Someone posted this question on social media: "At a restaurant, what's something that's an automatic, 'I am NOT eating here, we need to leave.' And here are the best responses:
1. Blaringly loud music and strange lighting.
2. No soap in the bathroom . . . and no hint that it just ran out.
3. The smell of a dirty grease trap. If you've worked in a kitchen for a while you recognize it instantly.
4. Any bad smell.
5. The cook walks out of the bathroom . . . with an apron on.
6. A massive menu that's all over the place, even the Cheesecake Factory.
7. No prices on the menu. Or no menus at all, just a QR code.
8. Lots of flies buzzing around the tables and the kitchen. Or worse, the sight of even ONE cockroach.
9. Dirty floors . . . filthy bathrooms . . . or sticky tables.
10. Poor hygiene from the workers, including being visibly sick.
11. When the workers see you come in . . . and look annoyed that they have to work. Or sitting down and being ignored for 10 or 15 minutes.
12. Any restaurant that posts semi-permanent excuses on the front door, like "We're understaffed" or "No one wants to work anymore." It shows the place can't run a business, or doesn't treat employees well enough to stick around.
13. There are TVs playing the news . . . especially anything politics related.
14. There are children screaming or running around.
15. Gordon Ramsay is filming inside.
(It should be said: Working in the restaurant business can be TOUGH . . . but CARING about people's experience will earn you customers more often than not . . . especially compared to mismanaged chains.)
Originally posted on November 21st, 2024