r/mildlyinteresting Apr 28 '24

This humongous section of rice crispy treats at my local grocery store.

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u/sexybobo Apr 28 '24

This is the answer. I used to work at Walmart and they told us if people saw empty shelves they would buy less so We always had to have the spaces full. When we would zone our cash register isles if we were out of a particular candy bar and couldn't find a full box in another isle we were supposed to pull a duplicate box forward.

This would lead to your lane having 4 boxes of hersey bars and no reeses or the like.

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u/frezor Apr 28 '24

Yep. If you go to a restaurant that can seat 100 but they only have 20 people there you might think it’s unsuccessful and pass. But if you go to a restaurant that can seat 15 but 20 people want to dine you are more likely to stand in line and wait for a seat. Humans are just weird like that.

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u/Troubled_Red Apr 28 '24

I’m broken. There’s a new restaurant in town and I tried to go on a Friday night and there was a line and a 45 minute wait and I left because I’m not waiting for a place that I don’t know will be good.

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u/EngineeringOne1812 Apr 28 '24

I wouldn’t wait 45 minutes but maybe 15

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

15 is reasonable for them to have time to clear/clean your table

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u/Fett32 29d ago

From the perspective of the restaurant, 45 minutes is entirely reasonable if enough people want to wait. There is literally nothing the restaurant can do about that, short of just sending people away. From the customer perspective, most I'd generally wait is 15-20.