False Advertising on Diner Menu
October 18th, 2009 by Bob Bly
My wife and I met another couple at a diner for breakfast this morning.
I had eggs and Amy ordered the short stack of French toast.
When her order arrived, it was a single piece of French toast on a plate.
Merriam-Webster Online defines a stack as “a pile” or “a large quantity or number.”
By definition “one” of anything cannot be a pile or large quantity.
I know this seems like another one of my nitpiks.
But this is what happens when Americans do not learn to use the language properly.
In this situation, what would you do?
A–Send it back and ask for a regular stack.
B–Tell the diner owner of his error.
C–Laugh it off and eat the one piece of French toast.
D–Other.
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October 18th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
D. Blog about it
October 18th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
i think that i would inquire. then ask to see the manager. all very nicely presuming i wanted my single piece of “stacked” french toast… and gently suggest that they change the name on the menu.
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Interesting. I assume the owner of the diner respectively the writer of that menu is a poker player.
Def: “Short Stack” := “A player {poker} with a very small number of chips compared to the rest of the players.”
(A) Would have sent it back; looked at what the others got served and changed my order accordingly.
Yours
John
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October 19th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Do (A), and (B). Then show your blog posting with these attendant comments about the situation to him. Finally, mention you would have preferred to write a complimentary blog post with the actual name and location of his diner and a comment about how delicious the french toast was.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
I’ll go for choice B. You really need to talk to the owner or the manager. Well, it’s your right, as a customer, to question their menu or servings.
October 19th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
C… depending on how hungry I was.
If a stack of firewood has ten logs and you take nine way, how many are left in the stack? Or does the stack no longer exist?
October 19th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
SP: The single log exists, but by definition, it is no longer a stack.
October 21st, 2009 at 11:11 am
Was it at least a thick slice, perhaps twice as thick as typcial bread? I’ve seen that in some diners. They might get away calling one thick slice a short stack.
But if what she got was a regular old slice of bread, then I’d do a combination of A & B. I wouldn’t necessarily tell the manager/owner there was an error. Rather, I’d ask with obvious surprise if their short stack is really just one slice or if the order delivered was incorrect.
I’m not sure, but I think the menus in most diners I go to are pretty specific about the quantities you get — at least the number of eggs, pancakes, links of sausage or strips of bacon.
October 31st, 2009 at 6:29 pm
I’d inquire and probably send it back. I wouldn’t insist that a stack be a large quantity; the “short stack” of pancakes at IHOP is only three. But I’ve never seen a “stack” of pancakes offered on a menu without a specific number listed. Did the menu at your diner not specify what a “short stack” of French Toast was?
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March 23rd, 2010 at 5:03 pm
As a customer, you could ask for what you’re money deserve. I’ll go for A and B. Ask for a regular stack and tell the owner of his menu error. You could actually do both cause your a customer. Just take an initiative to correct them to avoid misleading other customers.
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It’s frustrating when a menu item doesn’t match expectations, especially when terms like “short stack” can lead to confusion. Merriam-Webster defines a stack as “a pile” or “a large quantity,” so one piece definitely doesn’t fit the bill! In situations like this, I’d probably choose option C—laugh it off and enjoy the one piece of French toast. After all, sometimes you have to appreciate the little things, just like in motion graphics benefits, where each frame contributes to a larger story! How do others feel about this?