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Why America Is Addicted to Olive Garden

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Employees, he says, need to believe that serving meals and cleaning tables and cooking pasta in a hot kitchen is meaningful. "It's very difficult for the experience of the guests to exceed the experience of the staff," Pickens says. "We put the two together."

I've had 4 different friends who have worked at various Olive Gardens (3 for longer than 2-3 years). All of them hated it.

They serve shitty food, charge a lot and spend millions on advertising to make you think you're buying something good.

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