I really am curious what it was that caused the problem.

ah, if only it was that simple. Like when I was a mechanic. I’m in the middle of an $800 job and some guy calls asking if I can change his spark plugs (a $50 job at best) and if he can drive over and have me do it now. When I said it’d be at least a couple hours until I could get to it, he got huffy and said “well, if…

Menus can be individualized to a point. Past that point the cost (measured by dollars, time, effort, and risk) is too great. Go Burger King and tell them you “want it your way.” Extra pickles? Sure. No problem. How about aioli spread, substitute a lentil patty for the meat, and top it with a sunnyside up egg? Sorry…

You’re laughably naive if you don’t think “that extra mile” is attached to cost.

Achatz himself kept an eye on the meal.

It’s understandable for chefs to have a limit to what lengths they’re willing to go to accommodate. I’m sure most are willing to do simple substitutions/alterations that don’t completely disrupt their processes.

weird question but could an allergy be counted as a disability via the ADA? I get sanitizing the entire kitchen just for a single allergen is way outside what the ADA would consider “within reason” but if you just asked “no cashews in my salad please, I’m allergic” and they refused that seems like it could fall under…

Unless the costs of customizing your business to individual customer demands outweighs the the cost-savings of scaling up a templatized service.

In that case, you’re masking the problem and making it worse. It IS that simple. You pay your staff enough in wage or other benefits to staff your business and charge appropriately, and price that way. If you can’t remain competitive, there’s something wrong with your business plan.

“Here you get a skill set that helps you in your future, but people don’t look at this long-term these days,”

Here’s a thought:

Holy shit are you me?

Exactly.  The spears always are mushy in the middle, the “deep pickle flavor” doesn’t make up for having to gnaw through that.  

Chips all the way. If you’re going to fry something, you might as well maximize the fried surface area. Plus, spears are multi-bite, so you’re radically increasing the likelihood of pickle-breading separation. Which would be sad and illegal in 12 states.

“2. In an odd changeup, it appeared to be a woman who mocked her weight in the first place.”

You ought to take a few moments and try living in the real world...

I’m with Bernie on this one. The biggest failing of our public schools isn’t the idiots we turn out into the electorate when they turn 18, it’s that we can’t find the community tax dollars to feed a bunch of children.

Richest country in the world. Not only that, but richest country that has ever existed.

Just feed the kids, for pete’s sake. 

I started to do the math and if you eliminate the point of sale system, staff to process the payments, and all the extra stuff that would not be part of a “normal lunch” (such as cookies, drinks, ice cream) and make school lunch free for everyone regardless of economic status, the increase in cost is not that far off.…

They do not care. It’s established enough for they, themselves, to take advantage of what’s already here long enough that their already acquired and continued accumulation of resources gets them through and insulates them from any problems that result down the road as it unravels. “FU, got mine”, I believe is the…

All the more reason I can’t stand anyone who calls themselves “socially liberal, fiscally conservative.” Even little things like this that take legal enforcement by definition have a cost attached.