• LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch
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    1 year ago

    People in here are missing the point. Yeah, Applebees, Olive Garden, IHOP, etc. aren’t “classy”, they’re cheap chain sit-down restaurants. They appeal to a wide audience, cause they are clean, the food is fine, they serve a variety of drinks, and you can go there semi-regularly as long as you have some disposable income.

    Sure, you’re not going to see multi-millionaires who grew up rich going there, those people go to the “fancy” chains, like Ruth’s Chris Steak House. But you’d probably see a 6 figure tech job family sitting in a both next to a plumber family sitting next to a doctor family. Which is something you don’t really see at most other places.

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      1 year ago

      Six figure tech job here. I no longer feel like I can afford Applebee’s, idk about olive garden because the food is gross. Certainly can’t afford drinks and dinner.

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        1 year ago

        All you can eat zupa toscana. It’s the only reason to go to olive garden. The salad is fine also I guess. Hard to fuck up lettuce and Italian dressing. That said I probably go less than once a year.

        Applebee’s, on the other hand, I don’t think I’ve been to one in fifteen years.

        I don’t really like eating out that much any more unless it’s for something I can’t do at home like sushi or hibachi or a slow roasted brisket. Slop on a plate with sauce or a medium rare ribeye are things I can easily make at home for half the price.

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      1 year ago

      It’s not really the money, these places just seem like a terrible waste of . And if you’re getting the lower calorie healthier option on these menus the food is just totally depressing. Always something like “here’s a piece of lemon, some leaves, and a skinless chicken breast.” I’m not paying someone to prepare that for me.

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        1 year ago

        I have a nephew that just started classes at a vocational school. He said plumbers and electricians average the highest salaries of all the major trades.

        Having just replaced a 30 year old oil heating system with a new high efficiency gas one I can say without a doubt that plumbers definitely make good money.