Restaurants: why not exploit temptation with tech?
I had a techno-thought, and I'm proud of myself because usually I'm just consuming tech rather than developing. Of course it's food-centered.
The base of the idea is that some restaurants have rotating menu items, and while a lot of them are fixed (clam chowder is always on Monday, for example),some are on a as-available basis. Some customers really enjoy those certain menu items. Sure, they could call the restaurant to see if they had it that day, but as we all know the tidal forces of convenience catch up most things in their paths.
I was thinking the restaurant could have a Twitter list of self-selected customers' cell phones that would make updates on specials and menu items and whatnot. So that my favorite diner would text me when they were serving their platonic ideal of beef-vegetable soup and I could go on in and make them more money than if I'd had to have thought of calling them to ask.
They could do it, or they could subscribe to a service that would Twitter their customers. Does anyone do this?
The base of the idea is that some restaurants have rotating menu items, and while a lot of them are fixed (clam chowder is always on Monday, for example),some are on a as-available basis. Some customers really enjoy those certain menu items. Sure, they could call the restaurant to see if they had it that day, but as we all know the tidal forces of convenience catch up most things in their paths.
I was thinking the restaurant could have a Twitter list of self-selected customers' cell phones that would make updates on specials and menu items and whatnot. So that my favorite diner would text me when they were serving their platonic ideal of beef-vegetable soup and I could go on in and make them more money than if I'd had to have thought of calling them to ask.
They could do it, or they could subscribe to a service that would Twitter their customers. Does anyone do this?