Just a Smidge

Just a Smidge

Birthday Meal Comp

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Marc Schmatjen
Mar 30, 2016
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“We’re going to comp your lunch.”

Unless you’re at Denny’s on your birthday, nothing good has ever happened prior to that statement from the restaurant manager. It usually means you’ve just spent twenty minutes in the bathroom trying to clean the chocolate shake and cheeseburger off your shirt and pants after the new trainee waiter lost control of his t…

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