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This is something that just baffles me. Why on earth would you wait 1-2 hours in line for say a burger when you can get something very similar nearby without the wait?
I have seen massive lines for Shake Shack, 85°C, Salt & Straw, Howlin' Ray's...
I've occasionally done places like that as a one-off to try something unique. Even when it's a great experience though, it's rarely appealing enough to do it again. Or at least enough to do it again often or regularly.we have this place by my hometown where a three or four hour wait is routine. part of the ambiance is waiting in the parking lot, apparently. my wife and i didn't find the wait appealing, so we went somewhere else. i'm not eating dinner at ten thirty PM when i have to get up at six AM. i was like "why don't they just add on if they have this many people who want to eat there?" the other hook is that you eat whatever they are cooking that day and it's expensive. yeah, i think i'll just go get a pizza or something, but thanks.
Unless of course there's similar fair available elsewhere, without the wait.A good tasty meal at home can take 1-2 hours to prepare. Then you have the clean-up afterwards. Seems waiting on a meal with no subsequent clean-up is a bargain.
Unless of course there's similar fair available elsewhere, without the wait.
I've occasionally done places like that as a one-off to try something unique. Even when it's a great experience though, it's rarely appealing enough to do it again. Or at least enough to do it again often or regularly.
My mom and dad were like that. They had a favorite restaurant (I admit it was very good), and we'd wait an hour or two on a Saturday night for a table. However for me, I'm not into it. In fact, I try to live my life contrary to the normal ebb & flow of city & suburban life. You will never see me shopping on a Saturday morning, but you may see me on a Tuesday afternoon ...
I've been waiting for some English baked custard since my grandmother passed away nearly 50 years ago.
One place I worked at, had a chain restaurant in the building right across from my unrelated job and I would see people lining up for upwards of 1 to 2 hours to get a table and I always sat there in ****ing amazement, with so many other options nearby, it made no sense whatsoever to wait for the most run of the mill, predictable chain restaurant food one could hope to have.
Now if its something special I can totally understand and I realize even if you make a reservation, perhaps you might not get it at that exact time, but I digress, that's just my personal experience, I'm not a patient person if I think I don't need to be, in situations where one has to be patient, I am ****ing Buddha, Zen incarnate, but if there's no reason to be in a line, I won't do it.
yeah, i can see that. i have been tempted to go back just to see what the fuss is about. next time i would probably go really early, though.
My mom and dad were like that. They had a favorite restaurant (I admit it was very good), and we'd wait an hour or two on a Saturday night for a table. However for me, I'm not into it. In fact, I try to live my life contrary to the normal ebb & flow of city & suburban life. You will never see me shopping on a Saturday morning, but you may see me on a Tuesday afternoon ...
Why wait in line for the 45 second roller coaster ride? Why wait in line for the best black Friday deals? Why wait in line to be in the front row of a Dance Gavin Dance concert?
Because you just love that ****.
I don't do it, but I don't hate on people who do.
If it were a very good restaurant (that did not take reservations) and it had a very nice bar, I would wait an hour for a table at the bar. No way would I stand in a line for any amount of time for a burger. We have a very good popular bakery here with lines out the door, but they hire enough people to keep it moving, 10 minutes at most to get some great bread. That's my limit for standing in line.
Though Shake Shack has a lot of competition in San Diego, Tunney said that they already have a strong fan-base and even a cult-like following. Before they opened its first San Diego location, Tunney said he met a family who drove up from San Diego to the West Hollywood store that he was previously working at. He also noted that the first guest at the UTC location started waiting in line at 6:30 a.m. for the 11 a.m. opening.
Red:This is something that just baffles me. Why on earth would you wait 1-2 hours in line for say a burger when you can get something very similar nearby without the wait?
I have seen massive lines for Shake Shack, 85°C, Salt & Straw, Howlin' Ray's...
Go to Sonic. They have better milkshakes, or so I've heard.
Go to Sonic. They have better milkshakes, or so I've heard.
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