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Eradicate the Practice of Putting Pickles on Plates at Restaurants

Created by B.H. on October 19, 2015

The practice of restaurants putting unwanted (and unasked) for pickles on plates needs to stop. Like smoking, this practice is one that many Americans find repulsive and do not want to encounter during a dinner experience. The placement of pickles leads to food waste as the pickle and its juices ruin countless buns, chips, fries and anything wholesome and good they might touch on a plate every year. This practice should ideally be eliminated or, at the very least, restaurants choosing to engage in such practices should have to post a highly visible notification on their doors alerting potential customers, so those wishing to avoid pickles may visit other establishments or, at least, be openly aware that they need to indicate when ordering that the pickle should be left off of their plate.

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