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https://www.applebees.com/en/specials/date-night-passquote:HOW DO I GET A DATE NIGHT PASS? I have two theories about this: A very limited number will be available and they expect the costs will be worth the publicity. A bunch of influencers will get hold of them and will post about Applebee’s every week for a year. People will go viral for their funny, sad, heartwarming, or absent date partners. Or they're going to sell a ton of these and expect to profit because so many couples will regularly spend well over $30. And that is going to make life hell for everyone dealing with those customers. You know what happens when a restaurant advertises a total price? Customers expect that price to be their total. You know what happens after you add the cost of their drinks and tax to the previous total? For some reason they get surprised, and then angry, and then they leave a bad tip. And they sure aren't interested in a dessert or a $10 signature margarita. Servers are already tracked for how often their tables order those and judged as if they should be able to sell it every time. Servers hate that 2 for $20 crap. Now there's going to be even greater pressure to upsell because that may be the restaurant's only chance to profit. So what's your go to order at Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar?
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Applebee's is the only job where my boss literally just told me "Clock out and get back on the line." They couldn't pay me, but they needed a guy on the line and I was on probation so  Anyway, that being said, this seems like a really good deal. Applebee's food is loving garbage and their policies suck and the cooks don't get tips. Don't support them. But that being said, this seems like a really good deal.
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Jan 19, 2024 05:48
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Sounds like a bad deal, for just $150 you can come over to my attractively decorated home every week where I will plate the Michelina's dinner of your choice, pair a glass of Carlos Rossi that I spit in for an extra $5 and ask your wife when you go to the bathroom, in what is basically a profanity laden monologue, why she puts up with this poo poo until you stop coming over because somehow you have some dignity left despite everything you have chosen to pre-pay to do for yourselves for the next year. It will probably be better for your marriage than buying this.
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Jan 19, 2024 05:53
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can you buy this but then just go solo and order two meals for yourself, or do you have to have a date?
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Jan 19, 2024 06:28
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Bad Purchase posted:can you buy this but then just go solo and order two meals for yourself, or do you have to have a date? Jesus is my date.
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Jan 19, 2024 06:40
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The Twinkie Czar posted:Or they're going to sell a ton of these and expect to profit because so many couples will regularly spend well over $30. And that is going to make life hell for everyone dealing with those customers. You know what happens when a restaurant advertises a total price? Customers expect that price to be their total. You know what happens after you add the cost of their drinks and tax to the previous total? For some reason they get surprised, and then angry, and then they leave a bad tip. And they sure aren't interested in a dessert or a $10 signature margarita. Servers are already tracked for how often their tables order those and judged as if they should be able to sell it every time. Servers hate that 2 for $20 crap. Now there's going to be even greater pressure to upsell because that may be the restaurant's only chance to profit. Seems incredibly clear for what the pass is, so I imagine most customers that are able to buy the pass will understand that it's just a $30 discount on food. But any negatives won't really matter that much, since they are only offering a "limited" number of passes. 99% of a restaurant's customers are not going to be using the pass. And if one of the date pass customers is being a shithead and arguing on the terms of the pass or not tipping, well they can just be banned from eating at the location anyway.
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Jan 19, 2024 07:43
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sorry op, never heard of this, what did you call it, apple beads?
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Jan 19, 2024 07:48
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Seems incredibly clear for what the pass is, so I imagine most customers that are able to buy the pass will understand that it's just a $30 discount on food. Isn’t the entire point of eating at Applebee’s is that it doesn’t cost you $30 to do it? It’s like complaining about your lunch from 7-11, you made your choice and you knew it was a $5 slice of stale pizza because a salad from Wendy’s seemed a bit too decedant, I mean, walnuts, I’m not the Queen of England.
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Jan 19, 2024 08:01
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2 meals and 2 drinks cost $30+ basically anywhere now except maybe taco bell
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Jan 19, 2024 08:04
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I don't think 3O knows what Taco Bell is, I'm actually surprised by the passing familiarity with Applebee's tbqh
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Gomez Chamberlain posted:I don't think 3O knows what Taco Bell is, I'm actually surprised by the passing familiarity with Applebee's tbqh 24 years ago I visited the University of Denver to consider it as a safety school, I had the worst steak of my life and the waitress refused to serve me a glass of Merlot for the first and last time in my entire life, including when I was like 12. I will never forgive that Applebee's for that night, the first and the last time I will ever step foot in the place. In the last almost quarter decade I have never heard a convincing argument that I have made some mistake by not and we got takeout from “The Olive Garden” three weeks ago, so I am not like a complete food snob. Three Olives fucked around with this message at 08:43 on Jan 19, 2024 |
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Jan 19, 2024 08:39
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Three Olives posted:Isn’t the entire point of eating at Applebee’s is that it doesn’t cost you $30 to do it? It’s like complaining about your lunch from 7-11, you made your choice and you knew it was a $5 slice of stale pizza because a salad from Wendy’s seemed a bit too decedant, I mean, walnuts, I’m not the Queen of England. $30 is pretty much the cost for 2 people to eat at Applebee's... Without tips or alcohol. And you need alcohol to eat the food.
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:And you need alcohol to eat the food. Three Olives posted:I had the worst steak of my life and the waitress refused to serve me a glass of Merlot for the first and last time in my entire life, including when I was like 12. Checks out.
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Jan 19, 2024 08:59
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Bad Purchase posted:2 meals and 2 drinks cost $30+ basically anywhere now except maybe taco bell Right around  for a value meal at Taco Bell isn't a bad deal. Last time I ate at Applebee's, I had to leave to use the restroom mid meal and I had stomach problems for the next day or so.
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Jan 19, 2024 13:54
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You'd have to pay me to have a date at Applebee's.
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Jan 19, 2024 14:41
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You've got to eat at Applebee's 7 times to make this worth it the money. Is that a gamble you're willing to take with your health, your sanity, and your relationship with whoever you take to Applebee's with you?
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Jan 19, 2024 14:51
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You're gonna be that rear end in a top hat that the staff recognizes with the discount card, who dines alone, who carefully orders two meals to come to as close to $30 without going over, who then demands a takeout box for the uneaten meal, and then only leaves a tip based on the value of the meal you ate at the restaurant and not the total bill.
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Jan 19, 2024 15:01
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I've never eaten at an Applebees AMA
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Also to factor in the odds, locally at least: applebees, chilis, tgifridays, Ruby Tuesdays, whatever i can’t tell any of these apart anymore, have been opening and then closing (with no notice to the employees) the second that corporate doesn’t like the profit margin. I think one of those was open for maybe six months? It’s like there’s been a revolving door of microwaved steak places for about a decade.
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Jan 19, 2024 15:09
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Grey Cat posted:You'd have to pay me to have a date at Applebee's. If I'm paying you, we're gonna be doing more than eating Applebee's.
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Jan 19, 2024 17:28
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:If I'm paying you, we're gonna be doing more than eating Applebee's. Opening an Applebee's escort service.
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Jan 19, 2024 18:20
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credburn posted:Applebee's is the only job where my boss literally just told me "Clock out and get back on the line." theres a line of microwaves?
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pencilhands posted:theres a line of microwaves? you know what, I like this post 
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We Love Eatin' Good in the Neighborhood
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:If I'm paying you, we're gonna be doing more than eating Applebee's. 
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Jan 19, 2024 19:04
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Yeah, we fancy like Applebee's on a date night Got that Bourbon Street steak with the Oreo shake Get some whipped cream on the top too Two straws, one check, girl, I got you
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Toxic Mental posted:Yeah, we fancy like Applebee's on a date night Is this the white culture that the woke leftists are trying to take away from us?
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He got chubby toes.
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Applebee's was great when I was working on tech acquisitions in various states. Same exact thing every single time; like a upper-tier McDonalds (not really). Their BBQ sauce which I'm pretty sure was 90% sugar was delicious.
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i'd buy one of these if it was chipotle
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There is a distinct lack of bees at these establishments 2/10 resturant
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Is this a marketing thing for a reboot of Waiting?
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pencilhands posted:theres a line of microwaves? No, the fry cook only has the one microwave  The everything-is-microwaved thing about Applebee's is mostly true. If you get like steak or something it's cooked like normal, but just about anything you order on the side just goes through the zapper.
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Applebees Battle Pass when?
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Is that when you have to duel another customer and the loser pays both?
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My mother is going to sign me and her up for this.
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theres so much to unpack in this offer
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Internetjack posted:Applebee's was great when I was working on tech acquisitions in various states. Same exact thing every single time; like a upper-tier McDonalds (not really). Their BBQ sauce which I'm pretty sure was 90% sugar was delicious.
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Big rear end On Fire posted:I will always hold a little place in my heart for Chili's because I traveled for work for a few years, often to small cities. When you have nothing to do, in a place you don't know where there's sometimes only chains and you have a per diem, going out to dinner was the entertainment and Chili's was some top tier crap. The best chain crap was Cheesecake Factory. That was basically a score for a small city. If the city was big enough for one of those you could probably do some research and find a local place that was better but sometimes you just want get something you know. Applebees was definitely a step down from Chili's but it can get more grim from there. I worked for a software company that had offices in South America and Europe. Anytime any of those guys came into town (Or whatever big US city the convention was in) they could not get enough of these places. Titled Kilt was a huge hit.
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Bonzo posted:I worked for a software company that had offices in South America and Europe. Anytime any of those guys came into town (Or whatever big US city the convention was in) they could not get enough of these places. Titled Kilt was a huge hit. Tilted Kilt is close to a breastaurant so it makes sense for that kind of thing
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