Post #806724 by tikiskip on Fri, Dec 2, 2022 11:36 AM

"Do owners appreciate some know-it-all telling them how to run their business"

Well, no they don't, my mom used to say "buy the damn place and do what you want" and we were doing well so a guy who is not making money might be saltier.

Here is the thing we hear that ALL day every day.

Most of the time what they want you to do you have tried and it did not work or it is just not a good idea really.

Take "You should serve breakfast all day" we did not do this, breakfast is a pain in the a$$ and to do breakfast and lunch clogs up the grill and slows things way down plus it just about doubles your menu.

You notice Mcdonalds kinda cut that back a bit and I bet lots of what they serve now is made ahead more now. Eggs rounds precooked, bacon, ham ready to go way in advance, we made everything to order.

I can tell you the guy I sold the restaurant to Did start selling breakfast all day and it messed the place up, slowed things way down, he is out of business now.

BUT I would guess that they did play the right tiki bar music and it was not working like some of that stuff will put you to sleep and that Yuma sumac OMG not all people want to hear that, one song is about all I can take.

When I played Disco on Fridays the construction workers would laugh and bitch about it, BUT they also came in every Friday, and they ate fast and got out fast.

Slow music would slow the place down to a CRAWL, I know as I played it on rainy days.

I would crank Van Halen eruption when I wanted people to leave, it worked!

The interesting thing is I always played the Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack around Easter and nobody got it, some got annoyed at the songs, wondered if that was the devil in them not liking the songs.

Should have been playing 50s diner music as that is what the theme of the place was but man who the heck wants to hear that all day.

Damn all you are going to hear these days is F-ING RAP music anyway so anything would be better than that.

Rap in commercials, Rap in the sports intros, Rap in the news intros, Damn Rap is about the most uninventive unoriginal music there is.

So ask the guy/girl why they do not play the tiki tunes you want to hear, they might tell you why and have a good reason too.