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Six figure tech job here. I no longer feel like I can afford Applebee's, idk about olive garden because the food is gross. Certainly can't afford drinks and dinner.

It's not really the money, these places just seem like a terrible waste of . And if you're getting the lower calorie healthier option on these menus the food is just totally depressing. Always something like "here's a piece of lemon, some leaves, and a skinless chicken breast." I'm not paying someone to prepare that for me.

They're anything but cheap

Dude, do you know how much a plumber makes?

I don't even consider Applebee's to be a restaurant.

People who think it’s high-class, are not actually high-income.

Trump likes his steak well done with ketchup and his bathrooms gold plated.

Zuckerberg pays hundreds for crappy grey t-shirts.

The richest man in the world is a twat.

Wealth, class, and discernment are not synonymous.

Cunts are still running the world.

Maybe they mean high income in comparison to the world? Like the top 10% of wage earners globally starts at just above $100,000 and that isn't caviar and cristal money.

Bullshit you can get pancakes at Denny's. Applebee's is a step above 711 since someone else microwaves the tv dinner for you.

My wife and I are high income but we used to be very poor. To this day Chili's is a "go to" date night joint.

You don't go to Applebee's because you want great food or a classy atmosphere. You go there because you know what to expect, no surprises.

You know the food will be, at least, OK. You go there because the service will be, at least, OK. You already know the prices, at least roughly.

It's a safe place to take a first date or take the family kinda place. Nothing will be wildly out of anyone's expectations, plenty of choices for everyone. We all know what we're walking into. Bland but "safe".

Personally? I'd rather take a bet on a rotten-assed, hole-in-the-wall dive where no one speaks English and the salsa is actually hot. But that's just me.

I think people only go to Applebee's for the cheap drinks.

I haven't been to an Applebee's since like 2010, but I'm gonna assume going out to eat at Applebee's has also gotten more expensive to the point where your comment is probably less valid than it was in like 2010.

Like, I don't think someone earning 30k/yr is able to budget in a night out at Applebee's rn.

How would you know?

Not everyone who's rich, dresses like Richie Rich. Plenty dress down, dress frugally or simply don't give a fuck about impressing diners in a chain restaurant. Hell, I used to work for a bank, and some of our richest clients looked borderline homeless.

I mean, you can dress like Zuckerberg for 50 bucks. Sure, his boring ass t-shirts actually costs a few hundred, but you wouldn't be able to tell unless you took a really close look. Old money also loves going under the radar.

That's because we dress for the restaurant.

"Eat here to mix with the serfs!"

Serf and turf?

Risk reduction. Safe choice.

The food will be ok, there's a relatively small risk of food poisoning, or having an especially shit meal. You know what you're getting.

Same business model as chain hotels and blockbusters starring A-listers with name recognition. Customers know it will be just ok, but that's enough.

My grandmother always insisted on going to somewhere like Olive Garden or Applebees when I'd go have my regular visits with her. Never understood it, but it made her happy and she didn't like trying new stuff, so not a big deal. I feel like Boomers have got to be the only people left keeping these places afloat. I don't know a single person blow 50 who eats there.

Some of them are much better, some are just as bad. Too many local resteraunts around me have the same Sysco derived menu items. The same coconut shrimp cooked the same way in them all... Sure it is a different name out front and it isn't a franchise but it may as well be.

Tfw I like olive garden. I only ever get the soup, salad, and bread sticks tho.

Give me breadsticks and a giant bowl of alfredo sauce and I'm set.