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You could always send the busboy to the grocery store to pick up a few gallons if you run short.

When you do big parties like that you don't just randomly distribute servings. I'd have the overfull, 100% real, ten minute old OJ for the guy with the really particular request and could end up serving sunny delight to the cheap seats. To serve 700 people a drink takes a considerable amount of time in and of itself so you have more breathing room than you expect.

This is really common. When you do a wedding the bride and grooms table gets the best looking portions you have, the table next to the bathroom isn't so lucky.

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You and the person you replied to both failed the test.

The requirements were clear and specific and you cheated to achieve the goal you assumed, not the goal that was stated.

Yeah I think the test was to show that the quote was not bs and the vendor thought about how they work might get performed as opposed to giving a bs number.

If he vendor has to hand squeeze it might be 10$ if they have a machine its 5$ but either one is a valid quote. If someone says no problem we can do it no solution steps are provided then your vendor didn’t examine the problem sufficiently. Keep in mind this was 1980s when auto juicers weren’t common. In modern times a large venue might just be able to do it without any additional expense and absorb some of the cost because markup is high enough

To be clear, the author specifically includes that the OJ must be fresh and squeezed no more than 2 hour prior

> OJ must be fresh and squeezed no more than 2 hour prior

He also has no clue that it's 2 hours old or 4 hour old.

What he really wants to do is tell his guests "this was fresh squeezed, two hours old" and he will get what he paid for, just like his Maine lobster (thats probably Russian) or softshell crabs from Alaska (China), or Key lime pie (Chinese lime juice). That's how the resturant industry works, this test is useless there.

Blogpost: "To figure out which vendors are truth worthy, see if they give a realistic and thoughtful response to a specific request"

willcipriano: "This wouldn't work on me, because I'd just do fraud"

In more civilized countries, false advertising like this is illegal and is punished with enormous fines.

Yeah you just failed, and if it was my country you would be reported to the Public Complaint Board and fined for probably breaking contract and false advertisement.

In America this is the way. Large corporations strive to be minimally compliant in all things. A small vendor would probably try to delight tough and do exactly what you wanted

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