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How to Weigh the Pros and Cons of the 'Early Bird' Day Part
Deserved or not, "early bird" diners are the butt of comedians' jokes about retirement living. About senior citizens, Jerry Seinfeld said, "They're smart. They're not going to pay three dollars more for the same piece of chicken just because it's dark outside."
In fact, Jerry Seinfeld was so enthralled with the notion of early-bird diners that he centered an episode of "Seinfeld" on them. When Jerry visits his parents, Morty and Helen, in their retirement community in Florida, Morty and Helen want to have the early-bird dinner.
| Jerry: Four-thirty? Who eats dinner at four-thirty? |
| Morty: By the time we sit down, it'll be quarter to five. |
| Jerry: I don't understand why we have to eat now. |
| Helen: We gotta catch the early-bird. It's only between four-thirty and six. |
| Morty: Yeah. They give you a tenderloin, a salad and a baked potato, for four-ninety-five. You know what that costs you after six? |
Clearly Not Right for Every Concept
Ask some restaurant operators whether they offer an early-bird dinner, and their answers are likely to be no, no, no, and hell no. One operator sniffed, "We aren't that kind of restaurant" in the same tone a young lady would use to evade the advances of a cad: "I'm not that kind of girl!"
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