Fahd Saleh is a restaurant owner. He is very interested in food and loves his restaurant. It is called Marmar Restaurant and it is in a big city in Saudi Arabia. Everyone enjoys eating his food.
After all the people finished eating and left his restaurant each day, he looked in his kitchen. There were always a lot of plates with food on. . Why not? Didn't they like it?
The waiters explained that those who came to dinner said they liked the food. They left the food because they had ordered too much. They were full and couldn't eat anything else.
. The next morning, he wrote a new sign. He put it on the wall in the restaurant. The first people to dinner that day were three men. Before the waiter pointed to the sign, they had ordered four starters, some fish, some meat and rice, and two vegetable dishes. . They ordered three starters, followed by some meat, rice and one dish of vegetables. Why did they do that? Here's the sign:
Dear friends,
Thank you for eating in Marmar Restaurant. We want to waste less food. So we are asking you to think carefully before you order. Please do not order too much food.
A few months later, there was less waste in Marmar Restaurant, Mr. Saleh was very happy. He said, "People are thinking before they order. Then they eat up what they order."
A. After they read the sign, they changed their order. B. Mr. Saleh decided to do something about it. C. From now on, you have to pay extra(额外的) for food you don't eat. D. They wanted to have a big meal. E. Most of the people didn't eat all their food. |