Elbow wrote:

> "tm" <tm@tmoero.invalid> wrote in message
> news:tm-CAFBFE.17361008062004@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp...
> 
>>Declan Murphy wrote:
>>
>>>Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
>>>
>>>>Elbow wrote:
>>
>>>>>We don't really have the space to keep something like that in our
>>>>>place full time, it would take up paying customers collapsing areas.
>>>>>Plus Im only thinking of a once a month type competition or something.
>>>>>Im getting interested in the idea of a Playstation night.
>>>>
>>>>How about a trivia night? Possibly add prizes as well.
>>>
>>>Trivia nights are cool. While we are on the subject of ideas for pubs,
>>>let me share one idea that I know won't work.
>>>
>>>You have a 4 hour long happy hour. I reduced the price of a pint of
>>>Guinness from 750 yen to 700 yen, and introduced the theme,
>>>
>>>"Drink 14 and the 15th is free!"
>>>
>>>I'm still not quite sure why this did not work. But for the record, it
>>>was a complete no-brainer.
>>
>>Of course. Misses the point entirely. First ones free, 15th is free.
>>Every 15th one after that is free.
>>
>>Why is the concept of free beer so hard to grasp?
> 
> Our Guinness is 950 and 700 on a happy hour.
> And we dont really get all that busy during happy hour.

Thats the whole bloody point of happy hour(s). You time it for the 
quietest loss leading periods of operation in the hope that you won't 
lose as much as would otherwise be the case.

On the other hand, if people did come for happy hour it would be a real 
drag, as its usually the best time of day to get through emails.

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