I’ve spent the last month (and a half) eating out at a very expensive French restaurant in Paris. The food was fantastic, but the wait was well over a half hour. After a quick email to the restaurant, it had been set to a higher amount than it was actually worth. I was furious. I wanted to scream. I didn’t speak French. I didn’t know I was speaking to a foreigner.
The reason the wait was slightly over three hours is that many restaurants put a minimum wait of 2.5 hours (if the reservation is for over a week) on their websites. I have no idea why they do this, but it always seems to be a lot cheaper to go to a restaurant that has a minimum wait on their site. It can also be cheaper to go to a restaurant that does have a minimum wait on their website.
Most restaurants (and hotels) charge a daily rate before taxes, so in order to get the exact amount of what the server gives you, you have to add up the taxes on each item you receive and total the total amount you pay. For instance, if you order three pizzas and pay one euro for each, your total pay would be 172 euro. If you order four pizzas and you pay three euro for each, your total would be 6 euro.
This is one of those things where if you have a restaurant or hotel reservation, you can actually do a calculation like this yourself to check out if you would have received the exact amount you paid for the food item. Of course, this will only be applicable to restaurants and hotels that have a minimum charge (typically about 50 euro), like, say, a very fancy Chinese restaurant.
A restaurant or hotel reservation doesn’t have to be a full night’s worth. For example, if you order four pizzas at a restaurant, you can still buy two of the same item for the price of one pizza. This is known as “double dipping.” In the same sort of way, you can still buy four of a single pizza for the price of three, if you have a reservation.
So, if a restaurant or hotel has a minimum charge of 50 euro and you order four pizzas and they charge you 50 euro, then you can still buy two of the same item for the price of one pizza, or you can buy two of the same thing for the price of three pizzas. This is known as double dipping.
The difference between buying two of the same item for the price of one, or buying two of the same thing for the price of three is called “double dipping.” It’s a practice that restaurants and hotels and other establishments have used for years, but only now are people starting to get the big picture. It’s a practice that’s been around for years and is a result of the fact that the price of a single pizza has dropped significantly in the past few years.
In the past, a person could go in to a restaurant and get a single slice of pie on the cheap. Today, its hard to go into a restaurant and get a single piece of dough on the cheap. Its also harder to get a piece of pizza on the cheap. So that means that people have to buy pizza and then find a way to cut it into smaller pieces.
The same thing happens with our spending habits. We can buy large pizzas, pay a lot of money for our food, and then just cut it into small pieces. We can then go into a restaurant and have a slice of pizza for a dollar, pay a dollar for that slice, and then start cutting into smaller pieces. We find ways to get cheaper food, but we don’t need to go to as much trouble. In fact, we’re wasting a lot of money.
This is what the real world is like. It’s not like we are buying large pizzas that are being cut into small pieces, we are spending a lot of money on pizza. We are eating pizza. It’s just that we are doing it with a little more planning and effort.
