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12/01/2008: "A New Twist on Dinner"

At a local restaurant the other night, that I won't name, I hadn't been prepared to pay cash. The waiter informed me where the nearest ATM was, or, he said, "you can come back and pay it tomorrow." I couldn't believe it either, and that's the option I chose. On thinking about it, it's a pretty busy place and they probably save quite a bit by not paying credit card fees, and if one of every ten people who "will pay tomorrow," never do, they probably still come out ahead. The other nine might eat there again since they have to come back anyway. Sounds like it could be a better way to do things. At minimum, it gave me a pretty good impression of the place and since I do want to eat there again, I promptly went back to pay.

I would love to plug the place, but don't want to give anyone ideas about where to get a free meal. It'll be on our new Brooklyn page when I get around to building that. (The place shown is not the one I am writing about).

Eric Miller, on 12.01.08 @ 13:50PST