Unlimited soup, salad, breadsticks lunch

Olive Garden. The Italian Denny's.

Not to offend any Olive Garden enthusiasts but that is NOT a "nice" restaurant. I wonder what they do if someone proposes marriage over dinner there? Do they bring champagne to the table? DOUBT IT. Probably a free dessert or half off select appetizers.

So some time ago Olive Garden realized that most of its patrons were kind of cheapo heads and decided to capitalize with this UNLIMITED soup, salad, and breadsticks lunch offer. You know, the stuff that people ordering a MEAL are given for FREE. and it has been successful, I hope the guy that thought it up got a nice raise. He will someday be in the Olive Garden Hall of Fame.

The idea is that at a time of day when they don't do a lot of business they can get $6.95 out of you for stuff that was gonna get either too cold or stale to be served anyway.

But here's the irony:

IT'S THE BEST FOOD THEY HAVE!

Everyone loves Olive Garden soup, salad, and breadsticks. Sometimes they are the REASON people go to dinner there. Then since they are out to EAT, and already there, they order an entree too. Something ain't right with the situation. It's like when you go to a concert to see the opening act, and then sit through a show you don't like too much because you already bought the ticket.

Olive Garden should maybe start thinking about repackaging its brand. Go the total fast food route. "The O.G." People would order soup, salad, and/OR breadsticks by reading one of those communal fast food menus that everyone looks up at. and you could change things up a bit, like how McDonalds has more than one hamburger option.

"I'll have the Zuppa Toscana Value Meal with the Texas GRILLED breadsticks."

and when you order a salad you get to act like a dick like at Subway.

"Extra lettuce, no tomatoes, no onions, extra dressing, I'm a douchebag, no croutons, etc."

Then they are FORCED to MAKE it right in FRONT of you. "That's right, TOSS it you SLAVE. No, no, that's NOT enough. Toss it MORE."

So if whoever owns Olive Garden is reading this and likes my idea please send me a large check.

Also I apologize for assuming the person that came up with the soup, salad, breadsticks idea was a man. That was sexist, it could have been a lady. If so I hope she got a nice raise too and I also hope that she was pretty.