Olive Garden Is Selling an Annual Unlimited Pasta Pass Tomorrow for $300

[hegemony]

GROSS

 

https://lifehacker.com/olive-garden-is-selling-an-annual-unlimited-pasta-pass-1828531916

[cv91915]

Poor value since my limit is something short of one bite.  🤮

Edited August 23, 2018 by cv91915

[TheVig]

Chef Boyardee would be better, and I can't stand that either.

[centex]

I don't know that I have spent $300 in Olive Garden in the past decade...but then again, I also remember the way some went ga-ga over the opening of an Olive Garden in a small town north of Houston a few years back.  Personally, I was more like 'gag-gag' but c'est la vie...

[CTSoxFan]

I wouldn't take $300 for that (or go to an OG no less), let alone pay $300 for 365 days of barf.

 

But to some, OG is real eye-tal-yan. 

[TheVig]

And Taco Bell is real Mexican.

[IndyPoolPlayer]

Not worth it. There's plenty of smaller chain, independent, and mom-and-pop places that's much more worth it.

[Allkindabroke]

When I was going through the events that resulted in my bankruptcy, some began to notice that I wasn't going out as often or only ordering the cheapest available appetizer when I had scraped together a few extra dollars to socialize after long periods of declining invitations.  Folks began snail mailing me gift cards with pre or belated birthday/Christmas (in March) wishes or notes insisting that they were never going to use and that I should do them a favor by taking them off their hands.  A free lunch/dinner here and there during the lean years made a world of difference.  

 

I was only able to pick up two of the 8 week passes before everything sold out.  A friend and a family member who are both out of work may take kindly to some unexpected stretching of their grocery budget.   Even if Olive Garden is not on the spectrum of Lucullian delights. 

[TheVig]

I'll tell ya what's awkward. Volunteer some time at a soup kitchen or food bank and someone you are close too walks in to get some groceries. You just never know sometimes. 

 

With that said OG does have its place sometimes.

[cv91915]

5 hours ago, Allkindabroke said:

When I was going through the events that resulted in my bankruptcy, some began to notice that I wasn't going out as often or only ordering the cheapest available appetizer when I had scraped together a few extra dollars to socialize after long periods of declining invitations.  Folks began snail mailing me gift cards with pre or belated birthday/Christmas (in March) wishes or notes insisting that they were never going to use and that I should do them a favor by taking them off their hands.  A free lunch/dinner here and there during the lean years made a world of difference.  

 

I was only able to pick up two of the 8 week passes before everything sold out.  A friend and a family member who are both out of work may take kindly to some unexpected stretching of their grocery budget.   Even if Olive Garden is not on the spectrum of Lucullian delights. 

Very few restaurants don't sell gift cards.  

 

If you want to do someone a favor, there are tons of options at the same (or lower) price points that don't require feeding your needy friends like swine.

 

Consider Indy's suggestion to support small local businesses, whose owners may also be struggling.

[IndyPoolPlayer]

13 hours ago, cv91915 said:

Consider Indy's suggestion to support small local businesses, whose owners may also be ARE struggling.

 

[Allkindabroke]

13 hours ago, cv91915 said:

Very few restaurants don't sell gift cards.  

 

If you want to do someone a favor, there are tons of options at the same (or lower) price points that don't require feeding your needy friends like swine.

 

Consider Indy's suggestion to support small local businesses, whose owners may also be struggling.

It's true that restaurant gift cards are available in abundance.  The difference between the Pasta Pass and a traditional gift card is that gift cards decrease in value after each use, whereas the Pasta Pass has the same value to the bearer whether it is used for one meal or dozens of meals within the period the card is active.  

 

My "needy" friends believe that they will be able to put their passes to good use.

 

[Konrad2012]

13 hours ago, Allkindabroke said:

It's true that restaurant gift cards are available in abundance.  The difference between the Pasta Pass and a traditional gift card is that gift cards decrease in value after each use, whereas the Pasta Pass has the same value to the bearer whether it is used for one meal or dozens of meals within the period the card is active.  

 

My "needy" friends believe that they will be able to put their passes to good use.

 

Hopefully you give them the cash to properly tip the servers as well.