No. No, you haven't "always done it this way."

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[QUOTE=Zabali_Clawbane]
Ease off the caffine… If they actually have to seperate out the yolk, I can see it costing more. You are practiced at seperating the yolk from the egg. They might not be so practiced. It is an extra step, in a hectic kitchen, to make a fussy dish just the way you want it. Pay the extra amount, and be glad they were willing to concede to you!
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What concession? It is on the menu: “Egg whites only: +$1” This fact makes me believe that they are practiced at it. I would also assume this because, you know, they are cooks.

And what’s with the tone of “you should just take it and like it?” I do take it and like it. Do you think I actually complain to the waiter or something? Of course not. I just noticed something on the menu that seemed like a superfluous charge, and some posters explained that they probably use more eggs, and I was going to accept that.

Then I got a little peeved that you didn’t seem to read the thread before posting, which is something that often bothers me on this board.

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[QUOTE=Jamaika a jamaikaiaké]
What concession? It is on the menu: “Egg whites only: +$1” This fact makes me believe that they are practiced at it. I would also assume this because, you know, they are cooks.

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Then I got a little peeved that you didn’t seem to read the thread before posting, which is something that often bothers me on this board.
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It isn’t as if you gave those specific details a while back, when people were first going “Well, that’s an extra step” though is it? :dubious: Bust me all you like for being human and missing something. Keep in mind though, I reserve the right to bite your head off (my choosing which) sometime in the future for doing similar.

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I would be very surprised if an egg whites only order of fried eggs came with only the number of egg whites that corresponded to the number of eggs in a regular order. The result would be teeny tiny and it would cause complaints.

On the other hand, I can tell you that in the two summers I spent slinging hash on the breakfast shift in a greasy spoon truck stop, no one ever ordered just fried egg whites. Egg white only omelets, yes. Egg whites scrambled, yes. But fried egg whites? Never once.

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[QUOTE=Jamaika a jamaikaiaké]
What concession? It is on the menu: “Egg whites only: +$1” This fact makes me believe that they are practiced at it. I would also assume this because, you know, they are cooks.
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Believe me, I’m not trying to get in between you two, but I wanted to add something here.

I doubt very much that anyone is separating any eggs in the kitchen.

Most non-gourmet restaurants (chain places and independent owner/operators both) get much of their food frozen and pre-prepped. Scrambled eggs come in frozen or liquid, pre-mixed and ready to use. The difference is that one of the scrambled egg mixes has yolks and the other doesn’t. There’ll be two buckets in the kitchen, one with the yolk-included mix and the other with the whites-only mix, and ladles in each for putting the mix into the pan.

The whites-only mix will be more expensive for the same volume, so there’s an upcharge.

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[QUOTE=Bambi Hassenpfeffer]
Believe me, I’m not trying to get in between you two, but I wanted to add something here.

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Raise your hand if you’re extra crabby from all the pollen (plant jizz) in the air?

raise

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[QUOTE=Zabali_Clawbane]
It isn’t as if you gave those specific details a while back, when people were first going “Well, that’s an extra step” though is it? :dubious: Bust me all you like for being human and missing something. Keep in mind though, I reserve the right to bite your head off (my choosing which) sometime in the future for doing similar.
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I did say that ‘egg whites only’ cost more money:

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Related: Why does it cost more to get fried egg whites at a diner? Why does less food cost more?
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and you posted as if I was complaining that they weren’t cheaper than regular eggs. You either didn’t read my post, or the post where I responded to someone else who made the same point you did. Clearly, you did not read the whole thread before posting, and I think that’s rude.

Really, I’m sorry for this hijack, but I also didn’t think ‘less food shouldn’t cost more’ was such a contentious sentiment. I understand now that they probably use more eggs, so more food is involved.

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[QUOTE=Zabali_Clawbane]
Raise your hand if you’re extra crabby from all the pollen (plant jizz) in the air?

raise
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Aww, crap. I posted my last post before I saw this. My buddy has allergies, and he was in really bad shape today.

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[QUOTE=Jamaika a jamaikaiaké]
What the fuck is your problem? I didn’t know this thread was about life threatening issues. I’m sorry, next time I’ll wait for a minirants thread. I also didn’t mean to make such a big deal about it, but at least 2 of my responses are to people who couldn’t be bothered to actually read what I posted.
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Well, I honestly don’t have a problem in this situation. When I see that by asking for egg whites I will be charged $1 more I can make the choice on whether or not to order them or pick something else. To bitch about how an establishment sets up their pricing is pretty arrogant of you.

Also, you’ve been given some pretty good reasons here on why it might be that it costs more, but you keep going back to the same thing “It SHOULDN’T!” which is pretty ridiculous.

It’s like the nutters who stand in front of me at the grocery store fighting with the cashier over a coupon for a dollar. Let ME give you the dollar so you can STFU and GTFO so I can go on with my day. Seriously, damn.

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[QUOTE=Sleeps With Butterflies]
Well, I honestly don’t have a problem in this situation. When I see that by asking for egg whites I will be charged $1 more I can make the choice on whether or not to order them or pick something else. To bitch about how an establishment sets up their pricing is pretty arrogant of you.

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I also can make the choice. What makes you think I can’t?

Arrogant? It’s not like I bitch to them, but as a customer, I reserve the right to think that a product is flawed (which includes pricing), and post about it on a message board.

Yes, you’re right, that’s exaclty what happened. :rolleyes:

Yes, that’s annoying because they are actually making a ruckus instead posting on a message board. Do you actually offer those people a dollar, too? Or do you only have the cajones for that particular arrogance when it is done on an anonymous message board?

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[QUOTE=Jamaika a jamaikaiaké]
I also can make the choice. What makes you think I can’t?

Arrogant? It’s not like I bitch to them, but as a customer, I reserve the right to think that a product is flawed (which includes pricing), and post about it on a message board.

Yes, you’re right, that’s exaclty what happened. :rolleyes:

Yes, that’s annoying because they are actually making a ruckus instead posting on a message board. Do you actually offer those people a dollar, too? Or do you only have the cajones for that particular arrogance when it is done on an anonymous message board?
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I have offered a dollar to people ahead of me. It doesn’t take cajones. What exactly do you think is going to happen to you if you do?

One time while picking up my car at the dealership I paid the tax on an oil change for a man who claimed to be a reverend and therefore he shouldn’t have to pay sales tax. He went back and forth with the cashier insisting that he should get it tax free even though he had no tax id # on file or on his person to verify this info from the IRS. After about 7 minutes of this dickery, I told the cashier to let ME pay for it because fighting for that long over a couple of bucks is a waste of time. So I did. It doesn’t really take acts of great courage, I assure you.

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[QUOTE=Cisco]
My wife and I have shared a library card for about 4 years now. I lost mine and instead of paying the replacement fee we just started sharing. Either one of us could have it on any given day, but I have the number memorized so I just give that to them if I don’t have it on me. A few weeks ago I had a lady tell me that not only could I not give the number without showing the card, I couldn’t use my own wife’s card! She was rather rude about so I got frustrated and asked when this policy began.

“Oh, it’s ALWAYS been that way!”

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The policy may well have always been that way. In fact, I bet official policy is what she says it is. It seems to me to be rather sensible not to allow people to use others’ library cards or take out books just by providing the number. Just because every other librarian allowed you to do so doesn’t mean the policy is not existent. They simply might not have cared or knew you and/or your wife better than this particular librarian serving you.

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[QUOTE=Triskadecamus]
One of the many banks I no longer do business with got into that category by doing exactly this.

“Sir, we cannot give you cash from that deposit until it clears the other bank.”

“I have done that every two weeks for the last two years.”

“No, sir, we have never allowed that.”

“Please close my account and give me the entire amount in cash.”

Tris
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:confused:

Wait, so by closing your account you were able to get at the full amount of the check? That makes no sense to me.

Are there banks that will release the full value of your check before it clears? In other words, say I enter my bank with $5 in checking and deposit a personal check for $1500. What bank will let me take the $1500 out immediately? One of my banks will release $500 immediately, as a courtesy for long-standing customers, but the other one will take a few days to release anything at all.

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[QUOTE=Sleeps With Butterflies]
I have offered a dollar to people ahead of me. It doesn’t take cajones. What exactly do you think is going to happen to you if you do?

One time while picking up my car at the dealership I paid the tax on an oil change for a man who claimed to be a reverend and therefore he shouldn’t have to pay sales tax. He went back and forth with the cashier insisting that he should get it tax free even though he had no tax id # on file or on his person to verify this info from the IRS. After about 7 minutes of this dickery, I told the cashier to let ME pay for it because fighting for that long over a couple of bucks is a waste of time. So I did. It doesn’t really take acts of great courage, I assure you.
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Really, I know that. I’m much more likely to confront people in public and talk to strangers than most people I know.

Certainly, you know that most people do just wait in line, fuming quietly? I’m sorry that I projected this onto you, but imagining you were one of the majority, I thought your comment to me would have been cowardly. Thanks for being one of the ‘social Übermenschen’ who will probably be able to break through the Bystander effect. (One time, the leaf cover (it was Autumn) on an air vent on the outside of my office building was on fire (!), and I was the only person who did anything about it.)

I still take umbrage at your likening of me to the coupon ladies. I’m only bitching on SDMB, not holding up the line at a store.

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My favorite example of this happened a few years back. A server at work was having issues, and upon examination, it was discovered that the fan had died. The guy that was working on the problem pulled the fan out to do testing, then kept it out so he could read off the part number. He calls up Dell Support, and informs them that the fan on a server model #Blahblahblah had died, and he would like to order some spares.
The support guy then informs the caller that not only does that server not have fans, but he is pretty sure that no computers have fans anymore. blink (For the non-computer oriented among us, almost EVERY computer has a fan on it, except very special cases. These very special cases would almost certainly not have anything to do with Dell) “If the server doesn’t have fans, then how the hell am I holding a fan in my hand that just came out of that box?”

After a few more minutes of trying to overcome massive stupidity, our guy hung up, laughed until he was having trouble breathing, went and told the rest of the guys he could find nearby, and then tried again. This time he actually got someone with a brain, and the parts were on their way promptly.

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My godmother has taken to asking for the “widow’s discount” on almost every service she gets from local merchants, like oil changes and home maintenance. It is humiliating as hell to be with her when she does that. I’m sure she misses her husband very much, but she is getting maximum mileage out of being the widow, and she never stops to consider that the woman who runs the dry-cleaner’s also might be a widow. Geez. Just pay the bill or find a cheaper place.

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And then there’s “We’ve NEVER done it this way”.

5 years ago, when my mother-in-law gave up the house for two small rooms in assisted living, she and my daughter decided that a full bed was too much bed for the bedroom and decided that we’d purchase a daybed for her.

My wife and I went to several stores, my wife carefully writing down each style and model number of bed and mattress we saw.

Having determined the best overall deal-IIRC the bed was way less expensive, the mattress slightly more expensive, than the competition was at Nebraska Furniture Mart, we went back there and found that both the bed and mattress were priced significantly higher than they were 3 days ago.

When asked about this, the saleswoman said,“You’ve obviously written everything down wrong. We’ve NEVER priced either item that low.”

Now, for people unfamiliar with NFM, the place was founded by Rose Blumkin, “Mrs.B” who ruled the roost into her late 90s riding through the place at outrageous speeds in a golf car. She loved to haggle!

If she had still been around and I had told her that the prices of these items today weren’t the same prices we wrote down 3 days ago, she’d have tried to get me to take them for somewhere between my price and hers,I’d have stood my ground, she’d then have caved on the item prices but told me I would be taking the bread from her mouth if I insisted on delivery. Of course, seeing me in old clothes, she’d have figured me for pick-up-at-the-dock type from the start.

Under the administration of new majority owner Warren Buffett and Mrs. B’s minority owners Mrs.B’s idiot grandkids, “House of Haggle” is now “House of Buy It Now Or Come Back in 3 Days, Find It Marked Up and Hear Snotty Bitch Tell You You’re Incompetent To Transcibe A Couple Of Prices.”

BTW, the 2nd and 3rd lowest overall-priced retailers had the same prices as the ones my wife wrote down 3 days beforehand.

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[QUOTE=Sigmagirl]
My godmother has taken to asking for the “widow’s discount” on almost every service she gets from local merchants, like oil changes and home maintenance. It is humiliating as hell to be with her when she does that. I’m sure she misses her husband very much, but she is getting maximum mileage out of being the widow, and she never stops to consider that the woman who runs the dry-cleaner’s also might be a widow. Geez. Just pay the bill or find a cheaper place.
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I’ve got a better one. My MIL went to buy a used car, and chose to go to the same person who had previously sold her husband a car. The husband had since passed away from metastasized lung cancer. After “negotiating” for a while, she told the seller “Well, you sold my husband that old car, and he worked himself to death on it, and that’s why I’m a widow today.” She got her price.

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I worked for four years at a coffee shop, and every day the same man came in and had an extra-large mochaccino, extra-hot. Sometimes twice a day.

Until one day there was a new manager who refused to make him his coffee extra-hot, because store policy was to sell drinks between 160 and 180 degrees and no hotter, and that was that.

My longtime colleague was right in the middle of making him his coffee (extra-hot, as he had done many times) but the manager wouldn’t let him serve it. The guy walked away and never came back.

To continue the more-money-less-food hijack - at a somewhat fancy cafeteria I ordered a chicken burrito but with no chicken (it was literally the only vegetarian option available). Instead of putting a boneless chicken breast on my burrito, they put on a small scoop of canned black beans. Then they charged me the full price for it.

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Now, for substitutions, I don’t mind paying the full price, even if beans are significantly cheaper than chicken. They still have to cost out/mark up the beans. The reason for that is, it takes a teensy, tiny bit of extra effort to grab the bean scooper instead of the chicken scooper, and I get that when you order off-menu, you should expect a premium.

But to order something minus the most expensive ingredient and not add anything that adds to the cost, I’ve just given the store some additional profit on the cost of making the food item for me.

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[QUOTE=cowgirl]
I worked for four years at a coffee shop, and every day the same man came in and had an extra-large mochaccino, extra-hot. Sometimes twice a day.

Until one day there was a new manager who refused to make him his coffee extra-hot, because store policy was to sell drinks between 160 and 180 degrees and no hotter, and that was that.

My longtime colleague was right in the middle of making him his coffee (extra-hot, as he had done many times) but the manager wouldn’t let him serve it. The guy walked away and never came back.
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I agree with the manager. No beverage should be over 180 degrees, ever. It’s too dangerous, and not just for the customer. Should the customer slip or otherwise somehow spill the extra-hot liquid, someone could be seriously injured, and it wouldn’t be only the customer’s fault.

Product liability doesn’t decrease for the retailer due to customer stupidity. Just as your local chainsaw dealer won’t sell you a chainsaw with the guards removed, the local barista shouldn’t sell you a beverage that is too hot to drink.