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Re:If you had 5 dollars and 2 hours, how would you make as m... by forensic on Friday October 30, 2009 @09:48PM (#913147)
Why not take ALL the reservations, and then force EVERY customer that wants to eat there to buy them from you?

Because you're fucking up the social contract that restaurants have with their customers.

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Re:If you had 5 dollars and 2 hours, how would you make as m... by randallsquared on Saturday October 31, 2009 @11:37AM (#913619)
I do feel that it was sketchy to ignore the rules the way these teams did. However, the restaurants do not have a contract with their customers. If they want to have a contract with their customers, they can, but calling their expectations of what customers will do a "contract" dilutes the term.
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Re:If you had 5 dollars and 2 hours, how would you make as m... by gottlieb on Monday November 02, 2009 @01:19AM (#916306)
Actually, 'Social Contract' is a term on its own, that is many things to many people, but in general, it is the idea that societies have unspoken rules in order to maintain order. I do not think he is diluting the term, as it (or at least the concept) has been around for quite some time.
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