RE: Study:Strongly held incorrect beliefs often cannot be changed by disputing facts
May 22, 2014 at 8:41 am
Of course, I should mention that the difficulty in choosing which item to purchase is only when I'm purchasing unfamiliar things of course. But if you haven't experienced this before then you, like most people, cannot claim not to believe you're "always right".
Now as I've mentioned in my other threads, supermarkets and fast food chains exploit this to make gear you towards the choices they want you to make. An excellent example is meal-deals in fast food chains. They're deliberately geared towards making the up-sale and making you believe that it's the best value. Now my favourite take away, which is the Yarralumla Turkish Halal Pide House doesn't do this, they're old-school. Real old-school - but their system is still just as efficient, you order and get your roll (kebab) quickly and efficiently. They don't need the "meal deal" because of the sheer volume of customers. And they can also afford to be cheaper than other places - again because come lunch time there'll be a line going out the door of people there to buy their rolls. So the real choice is in how you want it made - which meat, which salads, which sauce.
But, then if you are the kind of person who instinctively orders off the meal-deal - as most people do - then you are the person who assumes you're "always right". I've been in takeaways where I've been asked the same fucking question multiple times, it's really really insulting and the reason that most takeaways I eat at are not franchise ones that are 90% about their meal deals. I was in a local Canberran chain not long ago ordered a southern fry burger that's all. I was asked 3 or 4 times if I wanted chips and gravy - why can't they take no the first time? I don't give a fucking shit if it's the "meal deal" I said what I wanted, I said no - I shouldn't have to say no again two or three more times to the same question (needless to say I won't be back in a hurry because it's just not right to be so insistent that your customer should choose an option they said no to, and also because while the chicken meat is nice I loathe the bread they use).
And if I wanted chips it wouldn't be chips and fucking gravy - that's ridiculous. I'd have chips and vinegar (the vinegar's free the gravy isn't, plus it's the healthier option).
Now as I've mentioned in my other threads, supermarkets and fast food chains exploit this to make gear you towards the choices they want you to make. An excellent example is meal-deals in fast food chains. They're deliberately geared towards making the up-sale and making you believe that it's the best value. Now my favourite take away, which is the Yarralumla Turkish Halal Pide House doesn't do this, they're old-school. Real old-school - but their system is still just as efficient, you order and get your roll (kebab) quickly and efficiently. They don't need the "meal deal" because of the sheer volume of customers. And they can also afford to be cheaper than other places - again because come lunch time there'll be a line going out the door of people there to buy their rolls. So the real choice is in how you want it made - which meat, which salads, which sauce.
But, then if you are the kind of person who instinctively orders off the meal-deal - as most people do - then you are the person who assumes you're "always right". I've been in takeaways where I've been asked the same fucking question multiple times, it's really really insulting and the reason that most takeaways I eat at are not franchise ones that are 90% about their meal deals. I was in a local Canberran chain not long ago ordered a southern fry burger that's all. I was asked 3 or 4 times if I wanted chips and gravy - why can't they take no the first time? I don't give a fucking shit if it's the "meal deal" I said what I wanted, I said no - I shouldn't have to say no again two or three more times to the same question (needless to say I won't be back in a hurry because it's just not right to be so insistent that your customer should choose an option they said no to, and also because while the chicken meat is nice I loathe the bread they use).
And if I wanted chips it wouldn't be chips and fucking gravy - that's ridiculous. I'd have chips and vinegar (the vinegar's free the gravy isn't, plus it's the healthier option).
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The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
