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| - This is a decent pub; they have good food specials and a great beer selection. The Distillery District is a nice area. I have one major grouch though. I ordered some wings that were on special (50c each, but you had to order a minimum of ten). Since I was by myself, I could only get through half of them, but when I asked to get the rest to go, they refused! I asked what the logic of this was, and the server said "Um, something to do with they don't want people ordering too many and then not eating them" or something.
Okay, what? How does this is any way make any sense at all? First of all, let me just point out the completely bloody obvious: this policy does not save the Mill St Brewery any money. In fact, it probably does the opposite, since once someone has had this experience, they're likely to order less next time. Second obvious point: the customer was always going to pay for those wings anyway. It's not like we're going to demand a refund for our uneaten portion of wings. They've got their money, so why should they care if we take it home and have a delicious midnight snack? Why are they so desperate to throw away perfectly good food?
I'll tell you why. They surely must be reheating the wings and serving them again. It's the only possible reason why they would insist on not letting you take them home. Either they are throwing out a hell of a lot of uneaten wings--which if true, is also immensely irresponsible when we have a global food crisis and people are starving to death in Somalia--OR they are serving them up again to the next sap. Why else? If you've got a better explanation for this ridiculous policy, I'd love to hear it...
Finally: if you're not going to let people take home the food that they are paying for, you should inform them of that BEFORE THEY ORDER. I'm paying for it, so it's my food. if I want to take it home instead of see it thrown in the garbage, I should be allowed to.
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