VH2000 said:ucf1998 said:VH2000 said:
Well...MY intent is not to thread crap OR to be the "food police" (although many people will see it that way)...
but, while this is a good deal (props to the OP)...as people in this thread have mentioned, this is one of many reasons
that people in our country are fat slobs!

People are not fat slobs because OG has the Never Ending Pasta Bowl or McDonald's super sizes things. People are fat slobs because they choose to be. It's called personal responsibility. We are responsible for our own actions. Some of us can enjoy this and still be responsible. Until OG holds a gun to your head talking you to eat another bowl of pasta, it isn't there fault. What next, close every bar because that is the reason people drive drunk... Maybe we can all were staight jackets and put padding on every wall to protect us...


Don't get me wrong...I'm totally with you that all people are responsible for their actions...including stuffing their faces with food.
The same with alcohol...but, some bartenders do the responsible thing...and cut people off when they've obviously had too much.
I'm not really blaming the restaurant(s)...I just noted that these deals are right up a "fat slobs'" alley!!
Where I "blame" a restaurant is in them "enabling" and encouraging eating as much food as you can...for one low price.
There is a fine line between a good deal on food and promoting gluttony.

Yes, sounds like you're an advocate for equal and reasonable distribution of pasta. I hear the OG in Castro's Cuba and "free market" China might have deals for you with straitjackets to boot. I hear the latter definitely promotes a one-dish only policy, too.

VH2000 said:ucf1998 said:VH2000 said:
Well...MY intent is not to thread crap OR to be the "food police" (although many people will see it that way)...
but, while this is a good deal (props to the OP)...as people in this thread have mentioned, this is one of many reasons
that people in our country are fat slobs!

People are not fat slobs because OG has the Never Ending Pasta Bowl or McDonald's super sizes things. People are fat slobs because they choose to be. It's called personal responsibility. We are responsible for our own actions. Some of us can enjoy this and still be responsible. Until OG holds a gun to your head talking you to eat another bowl of pasta, it isn't there fault. What next, close every bar because that is the reason people drive drunk... Maybe we can all were staight jackets and put padding on every wall to protect us...


Don't get me wrong...I'm totally with you that all people are responsible for their actions...including stuffing their faces with food.
The same with alcohol...but, some bartenders do the responsible thing...and cut people off when they've obviously had too much.
I'm not really blaming the restaurant(s)...I just noted that these deals are right up a "fat slobs'" alley!!
Where I "blame" a restaurant is in them "enabling" and encouraging eating as much food as you can...for one low price.
There is a fine line between a good deal on food and promoting gluttony.

You can say you believe that people are responsible for their our actions, but you don't. OG is not "enabling" them, they enable themselves. It is not OG's job to decide how much one should eat either. Their job is to provide a service and/or good to the market that is in demand, and make a profit off of it. And OG does that. The boardmembers don't sit in a room going, I know that people don't want all you can eat pasta, but we are going to force it on them. No, they sit around going, in our market, what demand is not being meet that we can supply for a profit. And they found it in the Never Ending Pasta Bowl as this promotion has been very successful.

People want to and choose to eat too much, others don't force it on them. In your mind, OG should decide to go against what their customers want, and provide what you want. But that would be a short cut to going out of business. However, in our world, nothing ever seems to be our fault. There is always someone else to blame for an individual's bad choices in life.

airtech said:VH2000 said:
Don't get me wrong...I'm totally with you that all people are responsible for their actions...including stuffing their faces with food.
The same with alcohol...but, some bartenders do the responsible thing...and cut people off when they've obviously had too much.
I'm not really blaming the restaurant(s)...I just noted that these deals are right up a "fat slobs'" alley!!
Where I "blame" a restaurant is in them "enabling" and encouraging eating as much food as you can...for one low price.
There is a fine line between a good deal on food and promoting gluttony.

Yes, sounds like you're an advocate for equal and reasonable distribution of pasta. I hear the OG in Castro's Cuba and "free market" China might have deals for you with straitjackets to boot. I hear the latter definitely promotes a one-dish only policy, too.

Whatever! I agree businesses can advertise their product/services/etc however they choose!
If you like these kinds of deals...good for you...go eat up!!
I know there are plenty of people that agree with me on this...you don't and that's fine.
There are many reasons that we are a "Fat nation"...and IMO, deals like this don't help!

Gr8snakee said:this was 5.95 in fall of 2000. No deal here. We have watched it go up $1 every other year. or more frequent that that.in 2000, gas was a $1.50 per gallon. I agree with you, no deal.

Now if someone can please post a Gym membership deal, I could actually jump on this one.

My taste buds thank you. My waistline loaths you.

watjac92 said:ok the og's policy on this deal is 2 minute refills, its posted all over in the back. Lots of things happen to increase that time but the official policy is 2 minute refills which, at least in my restaurant, end up being about 5 minutes or so. Also the initial bowl is a normal dinner size the refills are the smaller bowls almost half the size, it just makes sense as most people can only eat one bowl or barely the refill so why bring out another full size bowl. But believe me I'd rather bring out a huge massive bowl to begin with as it means less work on my end. Every bowl you request requires a bunch of steps from us. You people ordering one nepb and then sharing it with the table are rude. Do you think we are that stupid. It puts us in an awkward situation. We are supposed to stop it, and want to as its a crap load of work on our part to keep bringing out refills. But in doing so we risk upsetting you and getting little or no tip. The whole thing is just a bad situation. The reason its done is because this time of year is a slow one and without it the restaurant would have much less business. It's why red lobster runs the shrimp promo, but at least their shrimp promo is priced high so you at least get a decent tip. 8.95 sucks and means that I run my butt off and get maybe 1-2 dollars for it. If you had ordered a regular meal it would be less work for me and a higher tip, kind of crazy. I know most of you could care less about your server but there is our point of view.I tip well and do appreciate a server who is good. But c'mon, posting your frustration here is a joke. Whine about this to your employer or get another job. It's not the consumers' fault that this promo is a raw deal for the wait staff. I am there to enjoy a dining experience with my family, not solve your life issues. If you don't understand that, get out of the service industry all together.

watjac92 said:ok the og's policy on this deal is 2 minute refills, its posted all over in the back. Lots of things happen to increase that time but the official policy is 2 minute refills which, at least in my restaurant, end up being about 5 minutes or so. Also the initial bowl is a normal dinner size the refills are the smaller bowls almost half the size, it just makes sense as most people can only eat one bowl or barely the refill so why bring out another full size bowl. But believe me I'd rather bring out a huge massive bowl to begin with as it means less work on my end. Every bowl you request requires a bunch of steps from us. You people ordering one nepb and then sharing it with the table are rude. Do you think we are that stupid. It puts us in an awkward situation. We are supposed to stop it, and want to as its a crap load of work on our part to keep bringing out refills. But in doing so we risk upsetting you and getting little or no tip. The whole thing is just a bad situation. The reason its done is because this time of year is a slow one and without it the restaurant would have much less business. It's why red lobster runs the shrimp promo, but at least their shrimp promo is priced high so you at least get a decent tip. 8.95 sucks and means that I run my butt off and get maybe 1-2 dollars for it. If you had ordered a regular meal it would be less work for me and a higher tip, kind of crazy. I know most of you could care less about your server but there is our point of view.

I'd gladly tip you at least 20% if you get me my bowl of Pasta within a minute or two, fill my ice water, and just be overall curteous. I DON'T give generous tip when I get stiffed by waiting a good ten minutes to get my 2nd bowl and never get any refills on my soup and bread. As a happy customer, I feel like tipping well.

And yes, I do agree that ordering one plate for more than one person is just ridiculous and cheap.

We don't always have control of the kitchen. Ever think of that? We want you in and out as fast as possible, its not economical to have you sitting there any longer. The more tables we have in and out the more we can make simple economics. So delays you see are usually caused by the kitchen. All sorts of things can happen. Soup can take for ever to be refilled from the back to our soup holders that we pour it from. Salad bins can run out and we have to wait for more to be made/brought up. Bread constantly runs out. The line can easily get backed up for any number of reasons. As I said we want you in and out as fast as possible to get more tables. Two minutes for a pasta bowl refill really isn't going to happen, pretty much impossible most of the time we can get close in optimal conditions.

this is a pretty good deal, considering i just ate there last saturday and fettuccine alfredo was 11.95 and the 8.95 is for never ending...me and 3 others ate for a total of about 55 bucks with drinks plus 9 for tip so this would have saved us about 14 bucks...saving money = good deal