In western restaurants, especially for dinner most of the money is made on the drinks, Wine, Beer not solely food.
It's considered disrespectful in regards to the owner to bring your food by yourself.
There is no service fee
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In asía it’s relatively common to grab a drink from a street stall and walk into another restaurant and have your meal while drinking that drink.
The notion that I have to drink a drink from the restaurant that I eat at is a western phenomenon that is often justified as you need to clean the waste from the drink (ie a plastic cup/bottle or a can).
In actual fact most businesses don’t experience an increase in costs here. Staff are paid by the hour not by the bottles they clean up. What we focus on is the loss of potential income and extra work. But probably in an abundant world we might choose to focus on the the long list of benefits like:
1) someone came to visit and enjoy our food
2) they didn’t want a drink offered at the restaurant and perhaps the actual message is that the drink selection could be improved
3) a freedom was celebrated in that the person got what they want and value was gained for that person
4) allowing this behaviour creates community rather than walled silos.
5) what if someone bought the restaurants food to eat at a drink or dessert bar?
Bitcoin may just bring this abundance and I look forward to seeing the evolution of a world where increased profits is the main and sometimes only goal of a business.
Discussion
Def. This is true for alcohol and a long dinners but prob not for lunch takeaways which us prob closer to above.
But yes the main point is abundance via bitcoin will likely bring some nice synergies where we see our neighboring stores as 'value adds' to our own businesses rather than competitors taking our business away. Maybe we will have better innovation where the focus will be on making the experiences better and more unique for the customer, much like nostr has done to frontend clients.
I see your vision, but I would never allow it in my restaurant.
Maybe others see it very different
Fair enough. Respect that.
But what if one didn't need to worry about making money for shop rental and living, and was a restaurant owner for the passion for food and to enjoy hanging with patrons? Could that change your perception?
That's exactly my point, the passion includes the service of good drinks in combination with good food.
If you run the place for passion you only serve products you are passionate about and or you support the producer of those said products.
But I have in my mind's eye a picture of restaurants where you spend a longer time, not a fast food restaurant.
These are two completely different situations