Monday, October 08, 2012

A sublte lie for being nice....

Last Saturday, I was invited to a opening of a new restaurant together with my family, I was really looking forward to it,simply because the proprietor of that restaurant was my former secondary classmate.

So me and my family were there early, we had some coupons that were given by my friend that entitled us for a free one main meal and a free drink,corresponding to each coupon for each free meal and drink.

So,we were comfortably seated down and started to order our foods and waiting for the foods to be served and then the foods came, so i tried savoring each one of them,my sons' ones,my lovely wife's one and mine, the verdict..............the foods in my opinions and that of my wife's and children's, we were in unison that the foods were not that "good"

Half way through savoring, my friend (the boss) came to me asking me how I thought of his foods, then I was caught in a dilemma,worst still my old friend insisted me to tell the truth, I was thinking how could I, his opening act, his first restaurant venture, he was all sanguine about it, how could i then be so cruel in telling him how and the rest of my family felt of the foods.

So I lied by telling him that his foods were all right and then pretending to ask him what would his other recommended dishes be,so he was kind of happy to recommend the other dishes and so I thought I could get one more consolation to get a better tasting of food, I ordered as he recommended but then again.............................

I guess I was a hypocrite and  really hated being one for usually I am not that kind of person of not telling the truth when I am asked about the food,(not that I am food critic or what not) I would usually tell them exactly how I feel,that's some restaurant that I love going to, the bosses appreciate my comments...

But as far as my friend was concerned, I chickened out., i sincerely hope that my friend would improve on his quality of his foods,, because the competition is "do or die" as far as restaurants are concerned............

Note : would you tell your friend the truth if you were me?

P/S : Tell him lie, tell him sweet little lie



13 comments:

  1. That's a dilemma. Sometimes, telling some good lie will do you good more than harm......

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  2. I don't know.... maybe I won't tell the whole truth and only say there's room for improvement; which means I'm still guilty for telling lies :)

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  3. Sometimes we have to tell little white lies to give face...but people should be open to criticisms...constructive ones, that is. Tell him how he may improve on each of his dishes instead of just saying that it is not good.

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  4. It would be very hard to tell especially in the new opening. Most probably I would point out to him that there is still room for improvement.

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  5. if a friend asked me, I would tell him/her in a gentle manner. it is better to be honest - especially this is the food they going to serve to the public. I always frequent this one cafe not far from my house and the cute little lady owner would recommend me something new from her kitchen and asking for my honest opinion. A good businessman always accepts criticism and finding ways for improvement to satisfy their customers. Or maybe..it's just me.

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  6. I understand your situation Eugene.
    Hmm, if for me, I will tell him the truth in person since we're friends, so that he can improve ma... hehe ;)

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  7. Concrete and positive feedback could save your friend's biz of course with some tack in telling the truth at the least he can learn to improve.

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  8. Diplomatically suggest to him what to improve, because good food determined the success in the restaurant industry. I hope he will do well :)

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  9. It's hard...I think I would tell him the food is ok but need some improvement in taste, presentation & etc.

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  10. If I were you, I would dilemma too. But, I would go a big round, then turn back to let the friend sense the truth.

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  11. what a difficult dilemma situation is it?? neither telling the truth nor giving good comments also feel weird about it........Bro Eugene did you feel contrite after preferred not to be straightforward with your friend!!!!! hard hard hard ah.........Anyway i think if i were you, i'll do exactly what you did also. Hai.....

    :-(

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  12. I would tell the truth, maybe because my characteristic is more on "mean" side and no body dare to mess with me at the end.

    I might as well tell that "eh, this food taste a little salty." or "too sweet" or "smell burn".

    I don't criticize that "this is bad", if you say that, means the case is Goner lol XD

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  13. I feel whether a food tastes good or bad/not so good is subjective. I remember going to an economy rice shop once and found the food 'horrible and inedible' (extreme I know but that's how I felt) and I told myself never to go there again and has not been there since. But on the other hand, I see the shop is always full - every table taken up every time I pass by there. Which boils down to, taste is a very individual thing.

    Eugene, if I were you, I would have done what you have done. Let's just hope his customers enjoy his food and that his business will prosper.

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