Washed-Out Restaurants on the Rise
Friendly’s, a restaurant founded in 1935, has provided many families with decent food and service for the last several decades. There are nearly 400 locations across the U.S. today. A family-friendly menu consists of many delicious entrees for adults and children alike. Their signature ice cream has been a favorite of many people all along. Friendly’s is quite unique and visiting there is a great experience for anyone to have. Many customers always come back, and business is pretty great despite filing bankruptcy in 2011. Personally speaking, Friendly’s is my favorite restaurant. I even went there for my dinner before attending prom, yes, I went to an American-diner style establishment in my very flashy prom dress. The food is great. There is no reason to blame me.
So why did I, along with all of my co-workers, lose my job as a server after a short 6 weeks? I’ll tell you. Let’s be real. America is getting sick of the chicken tenders and sub-par burgers every joint has. Your microwavable vegetables and side dishes are not fooling
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anyone. Seriously, no one. We know your secrets. The only thing special about your menu is those giant mugs of those 4 drinks you make specially for those energetic children you parents drag in. Although cotton candy soda may be delicious, it is not going to keep your company afloat. Unless you own a soda company, but that is an entirely different story. Being the only surviving new-hire and working in a restaurant that was extremely short handed taught me a lot of things. One: there are no breaks. Two: you should change your occupation to “servant”. Three: The only reason your store seems to be busy is because the team is understaffed and therefore has to carry the weight of not only themselves, but of other potential people that are not there. Do not forget about the people that do not want to work as hard as you either. You also have to pick up their slack. So, Apex Eagle, INC: I propose to you this. Make an entirely unique menu for your Friendly’s restaurants. Do not go crazy with the prices. There are too many burger joints on the face of this earth and clearly yours is not working anymore. I’m talking about more inviting and “friendly” things to eat. These new entrees should have unique names along with them. This would to catch human attention. Things like “Happy Horse Hooves”, “Beautiful Bug Bagel”, “Smiling Skunk” , “Devine Dog”, or the “Pretty Penguin Platter”, to name a few. These new menu items would be delicacies and would destroy all competition to enter its path. Who else serves food with names like these? That’s right, no one. Business would be booming with food like the ones listed above. The name is “Friendly’s” afterall, so who would not want to eat some meals that are inspired by some friendly animals? You absolutely cannot forget to have something to wash all this gratefulness down with. I know I knocked on Friendly’s about their signature sodas earlier, but that is one thing that can stay. Keeping a few items from the menu is alright, it is good to have some of the original roots. Cotton candy soda is absolutely amazing. That being said, I believe having those children’s signature drinks on the menu will be fine for now. Other than that, the drink menu is lacking in pizazz. Sprite, Coke, Orange Fanta, Diet Coke, and Lemonade are not much of a fun variety at all. I am thinking about bringing in things like “Vampire Venom”, “Jaguar Juice”, “Platypus Pee”, and “Boxer Blood”. You know, to go along with the “Devine Dog” dish. You cannot disagree that these items are quite interesting and peak your interest at least a little bit. You may be wondering what these dishes entail. Here is some of the scoop: “Happy Horse Hooves” – A Friendly’s signature dish, made to order. Hooves of old draft horses fried in our signature Gorilla Grease served with your option of Flamingo Fries or a wonderful Siberian Tiger Salad. “Beautiful Bug Bagel” – Another favorite, being a toasted bagel with camel cream cheese, topped off with your choice of your favorite chocolate-covered bugs. “Smiling Skunk” – Most of the time, if something is referred to as “smiling” on a menu, it’s referring to how “hot” the item is in terms of taste. Our “Smiling Skunk” is actually just fresh skunk served actually with a smile on its face. You won’t have a frown to bear with this delicious meal! “Vampire Venom” –You guessed it. This delectable drink is fresh blood retracted from our farm-raised vampire bats. “Platypus Pee” –Don’t let the word “pee” get to you. We promise that Platypus urine is packed full of sweets-and a little punch. With a menu like that, there is no doubt in my mind that Friendly’s will be on its way back to success in virtually no time at all. This menu is quite promising and I must say I would be very excited to try all of these items. Where else am I going to find some quality dog meat to eat without flying all the way to China? The black market is getting pretty stingy with that stuff. As for the staff –you really need to get working on those uniforms. Polo shirts and black pants are totally boring. Friendly’s needs something more festive with a brand new menu like the one stated above. More attention would be grabbed that way. Friendly’s staff should now wear a more casual outfit, perhaps a pair of jeans and a brightly colored sweater of your choice. Wearing a more casual outfit around your customers will make them feel more comfortable around you. Dressing all professional is unnecessary and we want our customers to be as comfortable as they can be in our restaurants. We do not feel as if our customers should speak to our employees as if they are royalty. Our customers should speak to our employees as if they have been friends for years. This will create an all-around better atmosphere. The restaurant is called “Friendly’s”. We want to be friendly people. Now, let’s talk about that décor. The “American Diner” hype is over. It is getting really old. The restaurants need to be modified. We are talking about an extreme make-over here. Friendly’s should create a more warm and inviting atmosphere. Perhaps a dimly lit dining room split into different sections depending on what the customer orders. The sections will be inspired by the dishes on the menu. If you order the Penguin Platter, you will be in an arctic-esque area surrounded by cute pictures of penguins. What other restaurant seats you depending on what you want to eat? None! This modification will be entirely unique to Friendly’s and therefore will cause more people to come into the restaurant. Along with the themed dining areas, there should be a separate area of the restaurant for children. Everyone knows children hate staying put at the dinner table. As a server, I have experienced children running around the restaurant first hand. In an effort to prevent this, the petting zoo will distract them from running all over the building and limit it to a certain area, where they will enjoy themselves. The petting zoo will be included in a humane and sanitary way. The petting zoo animals will also not be used for the menu products. Scouts honor. There is no argument that this establishment is very unique.
For those who are looking for an adventurous outing, Friendly’s version 2.0 is just for you. It is promised that you will have an experience like no other. A place with a warm and inviting atmosphere, where you can kick back and relax with some delicious food. There is no doubt that this industry will boom back to where it once was. I even believe it will be even better than before, and take the company right out of bankruptcy. This will recreate the thousands of lost jobs, including my own. The new Friendly’s will be a huge improvement to todays society. Friendly’s version 2.0 will destroy other competition. It will be so popular that everyone will spend all their money here. Do you know how that would affect our economy? I bet gas prices would be back to a dollar a gallon. This, my friends, is exactly why we need to bring Friendly’s
back.
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