[Kelevision]

Originally Posted by MandoMan

So, you order the lunch special for $5.99. And maybe you order a drink, an appetizer, and dessert. And maybe you come with a friend who doesn’t like fish and chips and orders something else at the regular price. When this happens, the restaurant makes a good profit despite selling you the lunch special essentially at cost. This is how specials of this sort always work. “Lunch Specials” are never for “to go” or for “carry out.” That would lose money for the restaurant. “Lunch Special” means you are there for lunch. Is it possible the Original Poster was much less polite than he thinks he was? I’d love to hear the manager’s side of the story.