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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/ChaosofaMadHatter on 2024-04-08 14:38:01.
Growing up, my sister and I were good students and got straight As most quarters. As some parents like to do, ours rewarded us for it by taking us out to dinner each report card, and they alternated who would choose the location between the two of us.
Now, when we went out to dinner there were some rules that didn’t make sense as kids. Like if we ordered a cup of soup we had to get a salad or sandwich, and if anyone (including our parents) got an appetizer, then we couldn’t get dessert. There were a couple more nuanced things but those were the big two. But they didn’t apply if the meal came with any of those things.
So every time it was my turn to pick, I would pick Golden Corral. And after quite a few times of suffering through the lackluster food, my mom finally demanded to know why I always wanted to go there.
“Because it’s the only time I can get both a soup and a dessert when we eat.”
We were allowed to order dessert after that.