A Positive Experience

After taking a few days off, I return to the blog. An effort to augment my written skills including vocabulary and sentence structure began with a trip to the library. It will be difficult, but reading and writing might someday supplant watching and playing as my primary verbs. I like to be confused, so the journey starts with Thomas Pynchon. Balance comes in the form of work, that links to a nice article that will only be up for seven days, touching on reasons why I am better at what I do every single day that I do it.

Casual dining succeeds at the table. Succeeds or fails, I guess, because as a guest that is where I decide whether I am going to visit an establishment again. Timing is important, getting the meal on time, and staggered across the right amount of time. Comfort is very important, both literally in the seat at the table or booth and figuratively with the service and atmosphere. Food quality seems to follow, because timing and comfort can succeed but if the food is cold, or burnt, or sour, it's over. Payment ends the dining experience, and is important enough to merit it's own area of focus. When I am finished a meal, I want to pay and leave quickly. There are many reasons for that. If I am forced to wait to have the check picked up, then for my payment to be processed, I'm not always happy about it. My job fits in this experience in numerous ways, the best of which is probably in the comfort area. Ultimately I want you to come back, to spend a little more money, to have a good time, to tell your friends. I want everyone who adds to your experience to think the same way, to want the same things.

Its short and to the point tonight, because I want to read for a while.