Along with the check they should bring you an empty “to-go” cardboard box for all your shit.
Ew. I don’t consider a public place to be a good place to break up with someone. Maybe if you’re afraid for your safety.
Only in Joliet.
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If I was breaking up with my SO, I think the perfect place to say goodbye would have to be Ruby Tuesday’s.
Except the thrown alarm clock wasn’t after I told her I was breaking with her, it was “the camel that broke my straw back” leading to the break up.
It might not have been at every location, but at one time Olive Gardens were known for making the pasta fresh on premises. At the location where I worked, there was a pasta-making booth right in the lobby. People waiting for their tables could watch the pasta-making live.
I worked there a little over four years. Roughly halfway through those four years, they switched from fresh-made pasta to dried pasta. It’s been a good 25 years since the pasta changeover at the particular location where I worked (which is still open to this day). Other locations may have been able to keep their pasta-making going on for longer.
I have heard of the cliché, but not enough for it to be a cliché. That is to say, I’ve heard of what OP was asking before, but only once in passing.
That having been said, I do know someone who took a date to Olive Garden to dump them.
The dude was rich, normally he would never eat in an OG. But since he was dumping they guy, he might as well save money.
But not so much money that he would be seen in a Burger King, or even Denny’s.
I for one actually have heard the cliché, though it was at least twenty years ago and I don’t remember the context though. I do remember it as being more of a joke than a cliché though - a mild dig against Olive Garden rather than actual advice.
Never heard this about Olive Garden, either.
And don’t forget to be the half of the couple who gets livid first. Throw your fork onto your salad bowl for maximum volume (throwing alarm clock is optional) and storm out.
Because the last one at the table gets the check.
(Now, if that were me left at the table, I’d immediately order a fruity cocktail and have a nice quiet dessert)
Never heard of it. Personally, Hooters is my favorite break-up joint.
However. The creators of that presentation did succeed in getting their slate of directors installed on the board of Olive Garden’s parent company, Darden Restaurants, Inc.
That was in 2014, and Darden’s stock did turn around, greatly outperforming the S&P 500 — until COVID-19 hit. But, if Olive Garden’s food sucks, the blame can now only be placed on the new regime (the creators of the presentation).