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“Look that it will be hungry”… Does this strategy really benefit the business? “Eating another dish will not make you a millionaire.”
Surely it has happened to him: more or less evidently, a a restaurant’s table employee tries the customer to eat more.
Or with that joke of “Wasn’t it good? It was, wasn’t it …?” Or “look that will be hungry”, or “let’s not lie down for the trash.”
Helen Santiago analyzes the matter in recalling a recent case-or rather, “a sad story,” according to herself-that happened to her in a Madrid restaurant: “They treated me with a pride to think they know more about me than myself.”
Helen eats little, usually. That day also ate little. But the employee insisted, he insisted, to the point of “Discomfort to say that we would go hungry”.
Another dispensable moment: when someone does not ask for wine or dessert. “Are you pregnant or taking antibiotics?. It can allow a candy to yourself. One day it doesn’t hurt” – between reactions that brush the absurd.
There are even employees who grab the arm From customers in Spain, warning that the kitchen is almost closing. As if imposing the idea: “Enjoy, maybe it’s the last time you can eat something today.”
The chalet, and a usual writer of cuisine articles, advises the client to Ask less than your eyes think you need. Maybe, you don’t have to eat so much.
“The social pressure and the pressure of those responsible for the establishment make rethink until your own name. But my choice can be influenced by illness, financial reasons, stomach problems, diet or simply because I don’t feel like eating anymore – issues that don’t look important, ”he laments.
Nutritionist Stefy Fernández follows this discourse: “We live in an environment that turns us off from our signs of hunger and satiety. Diets, the guilt for eating certain foods and social pressure can make us eat for external reasons-instead of eating by necessity”.
The same nutritionist argues that the restaurants should not insist In these moments, but Alternatives – Like smaller dishes or “make it clear that if the customer wants more later, it can ask without problem.”
Ideally, table employees would ask questions without judging and internalized this notion: Not everyone wants to eat a lot (or others). Although often the responsibility of this speech comes from above, from owner of the restaurant; It is not employee initiative.
“Dear owner, I am sorry to say that Eating another dish will not make you a millionaire. If you press me, you can end up receiving a poor assessment on google. More empathic beings and have the notion that each client is unique will make the experience more enjoyable and will encourage us to return. Everyone wins. It doesn’t seem that difficult, ”says Helen Santiago, with irony.
