Originally Posted by
tkey75
Or living in Maine and eating at a Red Lobster (who shares an
owner with Olive Garden, 3TAL

)
This one I knew.
Actually I have a funny story about everyone's favourite place to go when craving a little hospitaliano... . Years ago, a partner at some big-name consulting firm (+ wife, + two small children) was taking my friend (+ wife) out to dinner at some really fancy steakhouse. Since this consulting firm was a fancy company and since the partner was kind of a fancy guy, it made sense that they were having dinner somewhere so nice.
While they were eating, one of the partner's children (about 5 years old) announces suddenly, "You know, Dad, this place is really nice.
Almost as nice as the Olive Garden."
This was years ago and to this day, my friend and I now use the Olive Garden as a benchmark for rating dining experiences.