No-Shows, Ozempic, and the £50 Fee: Restaurants Have Had Enough

It is not exactly the end of civilization, but I love anger a little when it comes to modern food habits. These days, even if you suggest that a restaurant may have to protect itself from the lack of borders, expect a torrent of discontent.

However, we are here, with more and more institutions that are tired enough to charge a 50 -pound penalty for the late cancellation or for those who cannot bother contact with calling and saying, “In fact, I will not deal with my face with a pigeon chest on a spinach bed be slaughtered tonight.”

You cannot really blame restaurants. It is not only about empty tables; It comes to lost foods, lost wages, and calm despair of managers who see their organized evenings perfectly, due to the last minute volatility.

The principle is simple: If you are thinking about it, you will not rent a personal coach for an hour, then “forget” a offer without consequences. You will not reserve a hotel room, failed to check, then surprised. However, for some reason, people seem to believe that the hospitality industry should simply roll with every wave of eccentric frequency washing on its customers. “We do not want commitment,” people cry, “We are very busy with spontaneous, transient experiences, confirmable experiences.” actually. But this pioneering ignorance creates tangible damage to restaurants that are still alive on all narrow margins, although the right number of customers who pay every night.

The truth is to be said, imposing fees on dinner, deposit or cancellation fees long ago. It is not only the places that revolve around Michelin that adopts this approach either. Even the humble local Bistros, which was dependent on goodwill and confidence that if you reserve, will actually appear, they are now looking at ways to ensure that she is not left while carrying the child – an empty table and an employee member who abandons their thumb. Some protein complains that it is from “greed” taking a deposit, but in reality it is not. It is a job. It is a company that has been beaten by the lock, the high energy costs, the lack of employees, and now a wave of dinner who may suddenly decide that they are fantasy for the bar instead, or, not allowed, an evening of Netflix on the sofa with ready -made meals.

Here is rubbing: Restaurants can simply the West Bank on good intentions alone. Thus, the penalty of 50 pounds sterling if it fails to attend or cancel in a timely man Table of four, this 200 pounds. Hit it by a handful of not attending on Friday night and you can see how quickly revenue evaporates. Therefore, if you are used to canceling the last minute, be sure to warn: the pickle may come soon at a large price.

Of course, there is a new food challenge for the scene as well, which prompted restaurants to worry about something else completely: OzemPIC. Although the most superficial among us may see it as a new, brilliant, losing weight loss from Hollywood stars and modern city residents, restaurant owners have begun to experience influence, 30 % loss in revenue. For beginners, OzemPIC is an injection drug that helps reduce appetite. The logic is clear and direct enough: If you eat less, then you weigh less. But if you eat less, restaurants have fewer beginners, tubes, and sweets that turn. A few Svelte customers may seem as a dream for some, but the fact is that if your customers choose in half of the amazing slices of cod and desserts, your halls begin to mislead like a neglected Soufflé.

Yes, I hear the cyclone between you. “You cannot blame the drug on it,” you may say. But the owners of restaurants, who are already working in a culture of quick -end reservations, volatile meals, and canceling the last minute, are also struggling with the fact that even when dinner swings to reach, they may only indulge in one cycle and settle before the cheese cart. It is a small shift in habits, but in an add -on -based industry – conjugation, side dishes, and sweets – these adjustments can add to the bill.

Therefore, in the spirit of trying to keep their feet, restaurants focus on battles that can fight. If they cannot guarantee the size of your appetite, they can at least make sure that you will appear – or fine if you do not do it. This seems to be fair, to be honest, because in any other world one must be greatly bowed to the consumer's whims. If you want this initial table at eight o'clock in the evening on Saturday in the most important spot in the city, this will completely lock you. You can fully enjoy the clear whites, make the theatrical cocktail, and the art of cooking on your plate. But you must, you must have a courtesy to keep your reservation or cancellation in a timely manner. If everything is in the form of a pear in your schedule, let the restaurant at least open this seat for another person. This is called basic morals – although they seem to be in a shortage these days.

Of course, there will be those who cry that the restaurant industry “exaggerating the reaction” will be. But if you have obtained a brigade of chefs on employees, the fresh products that will not sell themselves, and a band of public expenditures, relying on just the faith of human decency do not completely cut it. So, a penalty kick of 50 pounds sterling for not attending? Deposit taken in advance? This is the least you can to protect your livelihood against the most.

The bottom line is: If you consider yourself a civilized person, and call yourself “food lovers” (a terrible term, but this is another screaming), you should be fully prepared to pick up the phone, or drop a fast text if you find yourself unable to have dinner. Or the best of that, it appears as planned, hungry or not, to be an appetite for the drug caused, and support the art of these restaurants that are trying hard to make you happy.

In an anxious world and a new era of medically induced castles, let's do the appropriate thing: honor our promises, show a little respect, and if everything else fails, you are ready to pay the inconvenience bill. Because at the end of the day, this courtesy – like the ideal soufflé – deserves protection.

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