Enero 14, 2015

"Before eating guests are taken to a 'beauty identification area' where they are photographed and considered."

"The Jeju Island restaurant, a Korean eatery in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, says the 50 most handsome people to arrive at its gates each day will be spared paying their bills."
Ipinaskil ni Ann Althouse sa 8:28 AM
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23 komento:

BarrySanders20 ayon kay ...

No "weird Asians" tag?

1/14/15, 8:34 AM
alan markus ayon kay ...

"Free meal for Goodlooking," read a bright pink sign that was hung outside the eatery last Saturday to advertise the newly launched promotion.

On Tuesday teams of security guards and demolition workers descended on the restaurant to remove the sign

Must have been a huge sign.

1/14/15, 8:35 AM
netmarcos ayon kay ...

Commas, people; they do make a difference.

1/14/15, 8:41 AM
MadisonMan ayon kay ...

I wonder if this would work in Madison.

1/14/15, 8:46 AM
tim maguire ayon kay ...

For enterprising borderline attractive, this will simply be an opportunity for a discount. A few bills quietly passed to the "considerer" will buy you a spot on the list.

1/14/15, 8:49 AM
Brando ayon kay ...

I'd like to see a "free meal for today's ten highest tippers". At the end of the day, the checks with the highest tips are gathered and the cost of the meal (sans tip) is refunded. It'd likely only work with credit card payments and repeat customers, though.

1/14/15, 8:50 AM
Rob ayon kay ...

Yeah, but an hour later you're ugly again.

1/14/15, 9:11 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat ayon kay ...

It's genius to offer free food to people who won't eat much of it.

1/14/15, 9:13 AM
MayBee ayon kay ...

Don't eat the guests!

1/14/15, 9:33 AM
JAORE ayon kay ...

Well, at least I qualify for a senior discount.

1/14/15, 9:45 AM
Bob Ellison ayon kay ...

Being fantastically beautiful isn't that great. Sure, I get free grub at every diner and jump to the front of the line at every nightclub, but every time I pass judgement on an ugly painting or building or outfit, people around me scream "yeah, like YOU would know ugly!"

It's a curse.

1/14/15, 10:04 AM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent ayon kay ...

"Yeah, but an hour later you're ugly again."

Five stars!

1/14/15, 10:04 AM
traditionalguy ayon kay ...

What about inner beauty? This is not politically correct at all.

1/14/15, 10:17 AM
rhhardin ayon kay ...

There ought to be free meals for truth as well.

1/14/15, 10:55 AM
Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

"There ought to be free meals for truth as well."

Free meals for truth. Is that like bong hits for Jesus?

The truth is you don't need this next meal.

There. I've given you a free meal for truth, anytime you want it. Have it -- nothing -- anytime you want.

1/14/15, 11:01 AM
Freeman Hunt ayon kay ...

Trying to fatten them up.

1/14/15, 12:32 PM
madAsHell ayon kay ...

You have better odds of wining the Powerball Lottery. Cuz....the Koreans ain't giving out free food, but the do understand your vanity, and appreciate your patronage.

1/14/15, 1:37 PM
Michael Fitzgerald ayon kay ...

I remember the episode of Barney Miller where a restaurant called Le Beau Monde wouldn't serve a guy because he was ugly. Then all the detectives wanted to go there, or at least hear from the owner that they wouldn't be turned away.

1/14/15, 1:38 PM
Mrs Whatsit ayon kay ...

I'm relieved to realize that guests aren't being eaten at the restaurant. Commas were invented for a reason.

1/14/15, 3:12 PM
Larry J ayon kay ...

If you consider me not handsome enough to qualify for one of your free meals, then I won't be eating at your establishment at all. I'll gladly take my business and money elsewhere. After all, I wouldn't want to upset the beautiful people who aren't paying you. Sounds like a great business plan to me.

1/14/15, 3:34 PM
The Godfather ayon kay ...

I don't think this kind of promotion would work in the USA. It might be pretty effective in Manhattan and L.A., though.

I am not an ugly robot.

1/14/15, 4:09 PM
William ayon kay ...

There's absolutely no basis to prefer good looking people over thus less favored. Many fat people have a marbled texture that is, in fact, superior to that of the lean and well proportioned.

1/14/15, 5:40 PM
Big Mike ayon kay ...

Without a comma after the word "eating," one could deduce that they eat the guests.

1/14/15, 6:02 PM

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