Applebees and Chili's replacing waiters with Tablet PCs

[jimmy olsen]

i think Outback serves a decent steak.

I like their Alice Spring Chicken.

The problem with western restaurants in Korea, that I have not had in Japan, Taiwan or the Philippines, is that they show no concern with serving food hot. A not surprising flaw, since much of their own cuisine is served cold or lukewarm.

[Eddie Teach]

i think Outback serves a decent steak.

He speaks the truth.

[Monoriu]

When I was a child, I dreamed that one day we could order all food with IT systems.  30 years later that dream has yet to come true.  Not because we don't have the technology.  But because of people like my father-in-law. 

He never touches the menu.  Just won't.  He'll sit and chat until the waiter shows up.  Then he asks the waiter what food he should order. 

I don't think that's the reason why.

I actually want to know why.  What's your theory?

[garbon]

i think Outback serves a decent steak.

He speaks the truth.

I suppose that depends then on what decent means. I mean it is edible but I would never recommend unless the conversation was about where you can get a super cheap one.

[Admiral Yi]

You're so posh Grab On. 

[Valmy]

Their "Tuscan" soup is pretty good.  I get that instead of salad whenever I go to Olive Garden.

Mrs. Valmy LOVES that soup.  She typically gets an extra order to take home.

[garbon]

When I was a child, I dreamed that one day we could order all food with IT systems.  30 years later that dream has yet to come true.  Not because we don't have the technology.  But because of people like my father-in-law. 

He never touches the menu.  Just won't.  He'll sit and chat until the waiter shows up.  Then he asks the waiter what food he should order. 

I don't think that's the reason why.

I actually want to know why.  What's your theory?

Because most people don't have an issue with giving someone their order? Service and all that.

[garbon]

You're so posh Grab On. 

Oh hush. That's not what I am saying at all.

[Ideologue]

Middlebrow restaurants do cheap steaks, and they can be perfectly fine, but they're not great.

Or maybe I don't like steak all that much.  I've only been to a few higher brow eateries, and never ordered a steak.  Still, I defer to his judgment.

[Eddie Teach]

I suppose that depends then on what decent means. I mean it is edible but I would never recommend unless the conversation was about where you can get a super cheap one.

I've had much thinner/tougher steaks that were still edible. Outback is as good as any other place you can get a steak under $20.

Their salad sucks though. Dry as Texas.

[Siege]

Free market for the wing!

[Valmy]

Free market for the wing!

Are wings subject to central planning?  Or is this a call to end poultry subsidies?

[DontSayBanana]

[At least in my experience TGIF is way better than Applebees or Chili's

Not in mine.  TGIFs oversalt so badly that they actually leave a metallic aftertaste.  Applebee's is pretty overseasoned, but there are some edible dishes where you can get around that.  Chili's is strong, but the only thing I've ever had overseasoned there was guacamole.

[Duque de Bragança]

His friend Seedy no longer believes. In short, Seedy has turned Republican.

French Republican, maybe.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parti_r%C3%A9publicain_%28France%29?

Long story short, from Giscard's party to centrist, then somewhat pro laissez-faire (Madelin inside for the cognoscendi), in the French context mind you, they ended up joining Sarko's party.

[Neil]

My answer to technological unemployment involves nationalizing corporations so that we can all share in the increased productivity of capital improvement, and recreating American values to conform to the workerless economy that will come whether we will it to or not.

My answer has the added benefit of avoiding the complete breakdown of society and GDP that will occur once capitalism destroys its own markets.

P.S. The Olive Garbon blows.  Last time I was there, they served Korea watered-down... wine.  WTF.

That seems reasonable, although multinationals might be more difficult to nationalize.  The nested multinationals cause a lot of problems.