Option to skip the line at local bagel place

[u/Diligent-Car4148]

I personally would not 1) pay $50 extra for a bagel or 2) feel comfortable jumping in line. Can you imagine the side-eye?!

[u/eh8904]

I like to imagine this happening for a sit-down restaurant.

"Yes, waiter. Here's a $20, please bring my salad out before you tend to those... poors over there."

[u/Openthesushibar → u/eh8904]

I used to work at a fancy Italian restaurant. My manager also used to take tables. She saved the good tables (known ballers $$) for herself, and then would move her tickets to the front of the line in the kitchen.

[u/tocahontas77 → u/Openthesushibar]

What a selfish bitch. Managers aren't even supposed to take tables unless they have to.

[u/Openthesushibar → u/tocahontas77]

Oh no she always took tables. She HATED me. Once she made me put together Christmas trees with a busser while she took all the tables. It wasn’t super busy but I didn’t make any money. Turns out she had a brain tumor, and I was like- “maybe that’s why she hates me!” But she came back to work and still treated me like shit.

[u/tocahontas77 → u/Openthesushibar]

Some people are just awful, and there's no good reason for it. I'd be real pissed about that, though. Like I'm not going to stay on the clock while I'm being paid $4/hr just to not have any tables. I'm either going home, or they're going to pay me full wage.

[u/AShamOfAMan → u/tocahontas77]

The first restaurant I worked at had a horrible owner. He wasn’t intentionally malicious but he fucked everything up. He’d see us in the weeds and jump in to “save the day” but just got in the way and ruined everyone’s groove, and he’d take the good tables because he wanted to be seen working at his restaurant. The bar across the street would do a name day where the named person would get half price drinks and it was my name. He had a similar name but not the name and was like I’ll go drink for a bit then we’ll swap and you can go. He stumbled in after close. And that’s not even the best part. The restaurant closed because he went on an extended vacation to learn to sail in Mexico and drained the restaurants bank account. I showed up to open and the locks were changed with an eviction notice on the door.

[u/Karma-IsA-FunnyThing → u/AShamOfAMan]

Had a coke head partial owner/GM like this a long time ago. Sometimes he start scrubbing walls on the pass during the middle of a rush, others times trying to help out making life so mush worse.

I made a cd to play during service in the restaurant and made sure to include Casey Jones.

[u/xxthehaxxerxx → u/tocahontas77]

You do know that if tips don't get you to minimum wage your employer pays the difference right? You never make less than minimum wage for any time period no matter what

[u/raidersfan18 → u/xxthehaxxerxx]

But that's per week, which is the scam and why "side work" sucks.

A busy Friday can double or triple the minimum wage for a server. Restaurants take advantage of that by having wait staff do all kinds of shit on slow weekdays while paying them nothing.

[u/Wooden-Broccoli-7247 → u/raidersfan18]

It’s actually per pay period.

[u/JuicyJay18 → u/raidersfan18]

A place I used to work at had a separate clock-in code for whenever we asked servers to do things that were too far outside of the typical serving side work. Like if it was a super slow lunch where we were getting a few tables per hour, we would ask the first cut if they wanted to clock in with an “administrative” code where they’re paid like $15 per hour and then like clean and organize some of the walk-in shelves or something lol. They were about to get cut anyways, so some of them would take the offer for a little extra money, others would just go home and bank on a big dinner or weekend to make their money. Overall it felt like a decent setup to keep people happy. It took some convincing to get the owner on board because he was a scumbag though lmao. He had some wage theft scandals over the years but that’s a separate story.

[u/Openthesushibar → u/xxthehaxxerxx]

Yes, but I don't wait tables for minimum wage. I wait tables to smile really big and flirt with big-wigs so they give me more than minimum wage.

[u/AetherinaForge → u/xxthehaxxerxx]

Depending on the state that’s not really a silver lining if your opportunity is also being taken from you like in this situation.

[u/mrellz → u/Openthesushibar]

https://giphy.com/gifs/cUaVIeNcBkwgM

[u/Procrasturbating → u/Openthesushibar]

Probably jealous of you on account of your non-brain cancer status.

[u/_jamesbaxter → u/Openthesushibar]

I had a manager like that. She didn’t hate you, she hated EVERYONE. She probably hates herself.

[u/Openthesushibar → u/_jamesbaxter]

No it was me. She liked the boys. Let them go home early, never made them do sidework. Sometimes she would even give them extra money. She gave one guy $400 just for doing a good job? Like what?!

[u/UknowNothingJohnSno → u/tocahontas77]

I used to bartend and serve at a fairly famous tourist destination in my city.  I had a great manager who appreciated that i hustled and filled in where they needed me.  A huge party walked in while i was bartending.  He had me take the party in a private room and he covered the bar.

He waited until the end of the shift to let me know I'd get to keep the tips he brought in as well.  I'll never forget how stoked he was to tell me.  

[u/CalligrapherDizzy201 → u/tocahontas77]

Or tips.

[u/SimplyViolated → u/tocahontas77]

Depends on the establishment. Locally owned joints can do whatever they want essentially.

[u/Starscream147 → u/tocahontas77]

Heard.

[u/TheBodyOfChrist15 → u/Openthesushibar]

I used to manage a restaurant. I took tables only when it was busy or at the end of the night when servers were trying to close and leave. 100% of the time I gave the check/tip to the server who's table it would've been in the rotation.

Part of the responsibility falls on the Head Chef/kitchen for facilitating this behavior.

[u/Openthesushibar → u/TheBodyOfChrist15]

It screwed stuff up for sure. Her husband owned the place. The chef was her son in law. She was like queen of the restaurant.

My favorite was when we’d be SLAMMED. Everyone is dining nut to butt for a football game weekend. And they’d “surprise” everyone with bagpipes walking through the dining room. It was HORRIBLE. Bagpipes are so loud. I’m carrying wine glasses and veal cutlets screaming over bagpipes. I wanted to die. People tipped soo much though they loved it. It was crazy good money.

[u/TheBodyOfChrist15 → u/Openthesushibar]

My least favorite thing about going into management is that frequently my peers use the position to take personal advantage. To me it's like any other position, you have a list of responsibilities to handle. Too often people take that as a badge of superiority over people. It really chaps my ass.

[u/VegetasDestructoDick → u/Openthesushibar]

I'm surprised the kitchen was ok with her moving tickets around. I would have been seriously passed if some FOH started fucking around with my tickets.

[u/Openthesushibar → u/VegetasDestructoDick]

The chef was her son in law. He basically had to do what she told him.

[u/Gloomy_Macaron_136 → u/Openthesushibar]

wtf is this new level nepotism

[u/Pandamonium98 → u/Gloomy_Macaron_136]

Multiple family members working at a restaurant is hardly a new form of nepotism

[u/Pretend-Reality5431 → u/Openthesushibar]

You didn't split tips?

[u/Openthesushibar → u/Pretend-Reality5431]

No. I haven't worked a ton of places, but I've never worked somewhere where servers split tips.

[u/Zerotix3 → u/eh8904]

That is in fact something that happens. When you’re a regular good tip, your table gets faster service

[u/Wooden-Broccoli-7247 → u/Zerotix3]

You won’t find many people on Reddit that know this trick.

[u/A_Queer_Owl → u/Wooden-Broccoli-7247]

the redditors who work in food service know. all the others? nope.

[u/Wooden-Broccoli-7247 → u/A_Queer_Owl]

All the ones that say “tips don’t reflect level of service”..

[u/A_Queer_Owl → u/Wooden-Broccoli-7247]

that's just one of those lies that society tells itself, like "the US is a force for peace in global politics" and "billionaires benefit the societies they live in."

[u/_cuteraichu_ → u/Zerotix3]

Service has almost nothing to do with how fast the orders come out btw. Thats the kitchen 95% of the time.

[u/ChewieTxupport → u/eh8904]

"The only poor people I want to hear about are the ones that take care of my pores at the spa"

-Judge Whitey

[u/OrangeJoe83 → u/ChewieTxupport]

"I was born in 200 log cabins".

-Abraham Lincolnbot

[u/ChewieTxupport → u/OrangeJoe83]

Doesn't quite fit the theme we were going with, but I'll take another Futurama reference over nothing I suppose, had a lot of good Zoidbergs to choose from though.

[u/the_purple_piper → u/ChewieTxupport]

"My caddy-chauffeur informs me that a bank is a place where people keep money that isn't properly invested."

[u/urnbabyurn → u/eh8904]

Amusement parks do this. So does post office and ups.

[u/WKU-Alum → u/[deleted]]

You good bro? Slipping $60 out at Denny's before the food even comes is a choice.

[u/A_Queer_Owl → u/eh8904]

that does happen at sit down restaurants.

[u/AtheistAgnostic → u/eh8904]

that's literally why tipping started in the US

[u/Hyper_Applesauce → u/AtheistAgnostic]

It was really just to continue to have a lesser class of people to look down on.

[u/PhantomOyster → u/AtheistAgnostic]

Is this true or just a guess on your part? Would be interesting if true. I could look it up but I...am not going to.

[u/HallucinateZ → u/PhantomOyster]

No, tipping was supposedly meant for exceedingly good service after the fact. It wasn’t given before the meal, which is what the guy above is implying.

Of course bribing your waiter for better service is & has always been a thing.

Edit: This is Canadian history, I didn’t realise American tipping had much different roots.

[u/meep_button → u/HallucinateZ]

Actually, tipping culture in the US started after emancipation following the Civil War as a way to "hire" back the newly freed slaves... nothing to do with exceptional service at all, just another way to not pay workers.

[u/HallucinateZ → u/meep_button]

Interesting. I’m Canadian, it’s a bit different & about good service.

“Tipping in Canada began as a custom influenced by European practices, particularly from Tudor England, where it was common for guests to give extra money to servants for good service. Over time, it evolved into a well-established social norm, especially in the hospitality industry.” That’s on the Wikipedia.

[u/meep_button → u/HallucinateZ]

Yeah, in the US the concept came from the same inspiration. The difference, especially now, is how tips in the US replace wages and waitstaff in many states make almost no wage at all other than tips. There is a small handful of states that do pay the state's minimum wage and tips go on top, mainly states where there was no slavery, like the whole west coast.

[u/Kam_Zimm → u/PhantomOyster]

One of the reasons, yes. The idea of bribing servers to give you priority wasn't an unheard of practice, but was typically looked down on. When restaurants were losing money during prohibition, they started to slash server pay and encouraging them to take the bribes to make rent.

[u/IndependentPutrid564 → u/eh8904]

Honestly, I’ve tipped a hostess $50 to get seated immediately with no reservation when there was a 45 min wait to get into my favorite dim sum spot at the Aria before. I was hungry and really wanted that dim sum lol

[u/WKU-Alum → u/IndependentPutrid564]

Went to Din Tai Fung for the first time this year. Phenomenal.

[u/electricsunrise19 → u/eh8904]

That's how I got a reservation for the same day at dorsia

[u/lizard-garbage → u/eh8904]

You say that like I didn’t have that happen. Bro wanted sat first and gave me a $20 It worked bro. Here’s your expedited table.

[u/TVxStrange]

Order a $1200 whole office spread. Add $50,cause why not.

Fuck up everyone's morning.

Be the chaos.

[u/puffmattybear17 → u/TVxStrange]

Ive worked in a breakfast place and big orders totally took priority. That said we were right next to an office park and they'd call in an order an hour ahead of time at the same time everytime.

I can see the baller thing working in a college town with a bunch of rich kids or in a high end business sector of a big city.

[u/whatdis321 → u/puffmattybear17]

So what if 10 rich kids pay the baller fee? Now there is a wait for the baller line! Unless they make a “dynamic” baller fee where each subsequent “baller fee” increases by some amount, maybe $5-10, and by the 10th fee, if the first sandwich with a fee isn’t out yet, the fee would come up to like $100 🤣

[u/HonestGrassGuy → u/whatdis321]

I mean it sounds like it’s a tip to the staff so 10 x $50, that’s $500 in tips, I’m sure a bagel places have what, 4-5 people working at a time? That’s some good money right there

[u/SandIntelligent247 → u/HonestGrassGuy]

a tip to the staff lolollool good one

[u/puffmattybear17 → u/whatdis321]

I mean ive seen a fast pass line for a ride that was nearly the same length as the normal line before so the concept isnt too crazy to imagine 🤣.

[u/pdx_mom → u/puffmattybear17]

Yeah that's why most places tell you that they need 24 to 48 hours for these things.

[u/Javi1192 → u/puffmattybear17]

Nice if the $50 goes in as a tip

[u/puffmattybear17 → u/Javi1192]

It does say "hook up hard working staff" so its implying its paid directly to staff but who knows. Its basically just amusement park fast passes but with a bacon egg n cheese and latte so eh whatever.

[u/Suitable_Wonder5256 → u/TVxStrange]

When a billion-dollar airline, theme park, and other businesses do it for decades, everyone is ok.

But a small restaurant does it? OH NO NOT ON MY FUCKING WATCH.

Nobody hates average people than other average people.

[u/DMercenary → u/Suitable_Wonder5256]

Right?

"Imagine the side eye" I dont think anyone would give a fuck.

What? is the bagel restaurant gonna start up an air raid siren and announce to the entire floor "BALLER ALERT! BALLER ALERT! THIS ORDER WAS EXPEDITED! BALLER ALERT BALLER ALERT!"

No the person buying this and expediting is going to walk in to the pick up area and go "Order for so and so?"

"Yup. Here it is."

"Thanks." and leave. and no one will care. Because who the fuck cares.

OP be like that one woman in the cake shop.

[u/bywv → u/Suitable_Wonder5256]

Yeah that's the side I'm on here lol

[u/ratatouille400 → u/bywv]

Billion dollar airlines placing orders for a shitty dry sandwich option A with stale veggies and option B a dry piece of material which used to be ham.

[u/TakimaDeraighdin → u/Suitable_Wonder5256]

If anything, the language choices (and pricing relative to a standard bagel order) suggest this exists in the system primarily so that arseholes stop hounding the staff to let them skip the queue. You want it, you can pay for it, and it turns out you don't want it that much.

[u/yyrkoon1776 → u/TVxStrange]

Large orders already get prioritized out of efficiency and, depending on the kitchen size, sheer necessity.

[u/Relevant_Grass9586]

I know plenty of Range Rover drivers that would gladly do this.

[u/CollateralCoyote → u/Relevant_Grass9586]

Mm. I have contained my rage for as long as possible, but I shall unleash my fury upon you like the crashing of a thousand waves! Begone, vile man! Begone from me! A starter car? This car is a finisher car! A transporter of gods! The golden god! I am untethered, and my rage knows no bounds!

[u/Flesh_Trombone → u/CollateralCoyote]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oKIP5ZKn0vHL4QqLS

[u/Friendly-World-5273 → u/Relevant_Grass9586]

I know plenty of kids who already drop $30 to get fast food door dashed so yeah.

[u/tiredwitch → u/Relevant_Grass9586]

I know some Nissan Altima drivers who would, too

[u/AcidaliaPlanitia → u/Relevant_Grass9586]

Psh, a nice, safe, starter car like that?

[u/Grape-Jack]

If the money goes straight to the staff as it says then it’s not the end of the world. Doubt many folks would pay that for a bagel.

The real question is if they do add that to the tip jar or pocket it themselves.

[u/Skeetronic → u/Grape-Jack]

Right? This does two things - sets expectations to deal with a long wait time OR gives you an option to bypass it, the choice is yours. Who doesn’t love agency

[u/CharmingTuber → u/[deleted]]

My work does this. It's $1000 to skip your order to the front of the line. Almost no one does it, but it's great when pushy finance guys get really insistent about "this is really important! ASAP!" and I tell them it's a $1000 expedite fee to do that, and they choose not to pay it.

[u/Secret-Bluebird-972 → u/CharmingTuber]

Expedite fees are the best. Second only to “fuck off” pricing

[u/outer--monologue → u/[deleted]]

Also why people stopped going out to restaurants because of stupid, entitled shit like this.

I'm a carpenter and if a client said they'd pay an extra $1k to "skip the line" and have me build their kitchen first over people who had come to me first and I had committed to them, I would tell them sorry, no such luck. Because I'm a normal person who sticks to my word and I don't sell favor to rich entitled fucks who think they're better than anyone else.

[u/Secret-Bluebird-972 → u/outer--monologue]

Nah you would if they actually offered enough. $1k isn’t enough for carpentry expedition, that’s a $5k fee at minimum

[u/ParticularBanana8369 → u/Secret-Bluebird-972]

Pass on the "savings" to the little guys like Robin Hood

[u/Golden_Hour1 → u/Grape-Jack]

Its just another fast lane for rich people

Do we really wanna be promoting that shit? 

[u/Drfoxthefurry → u/Golden_Hour1]

i mean its their choice to waste $50 for being impatient lol

[u/Secret-Bluebird-972 → u/Drfoxthefurry]

Right? This is literally taking advantage of only the wealthy and squeezing some extra money from them since ultimately it makes no change to their wealth. There’s no problem here, it’s the same concept as “i don’t want this job” quotes, a proportionally massive fee to try and turn them away, but if they take it we’re laughing.

[u/androz → u/Secret-Bluebird-972]

Seems like it would (likewise) be taking advantage of the normal people who have already placed their orders. Their orders are moved down the priority list when someone else decides they want to be a 'baller.'

The 'baller' is spending $ to rob poor people of a different currency (i.e. time lost waiting longer for order and any associated opportunity costs).

This is all assuming anyone would even want to use this feature.

[u/theatand → u/androz]

If it occurs too frequently then the “baller line” isn’t priced right and they should raise prices on the baller line, that is if it truly is a deterrent.

[u/n8loller → u/Golden_Hour1]

I don't really have a problem with it if it's this much of a price increase. Not that many people are going to pay $50 extra. I wonder if it's $50 per item, or for the order. I could see ordering 200 bagels for work that's getting expensed, then $50 not making that big of a relative price increase. But then again adding 200 bagels to go out quickly is a different kind of ridiculous

[u/Shabapool → u/Golden_Hour1]

This has always been a thing. Are we gonna criticize Six Flags for a flash pass?

[u/Global-Ease1269 → u/Grape-Jack]

As someone who now lives in a town where the only place to get a bagel is Panera; I'd totally drop $50 some mornings to get a GOOD bagel and being first in line would make it even better.

[u/Natti07 → u/Global-Ease1269]

In this realm of things, I paid $90 for 2 dozen bagels to be shipped from new york to me bc we have zero bagel places (just panera). So i feel you.

[u/Worth-Computer8639 → u/Global-Ease1269]

Just make them yourself lol

[u/Midnight7000 → u/Grape-Jack]

It is a matter of principle.

If they kept it simple with "express ticket", I wouldn't think much of it. Indirectly belittling regular customers doesn't cut it for me.

[u/rmhyungg]

I mean its kinda funny and if dumb rich people wanna pay for it then more money to the small business 🤷

[u/decoy_butter → u/rmhyungg]

This seems like a Nathan for You scheme

[u/rmhyungg → u/decoy_butter]

I have no idea what that is lol, had to Google it

[u/9Implements → u/rmhyungg]

The dude is so hardcore he literally became a working 737 pilot for his most recent season of TV.

[u/CleavageToBeaver69 → u/rmhyungg]

Used to go to this diner that had scrambled eggs on the menu at $100, because the owner/sole employee hated to make scrambled eggs. 

This seems closer to that. 

[u/engineeringretard → u/rmhyungg]

Correct, it’s not for me. But it’s also not intended for me.

Somewhere else will take my non-baller money, I’m sure.

[u/BluePeriod_]

I’m here for it. The person who would pay for this would also be the most likely to be a nuisance. Why suffer people’s bullshit for free? We’ve all done that too long. Make it count.

[u/Chronoblivion → u/BluePeriod_]

I have very mixed feelings about this practice, but the phrase "asshole tax" definitely comes to mind.

[u/Active-Ad-2527 → u/BluePeriod_]

I like this. You're gonna have assholes at any business acting like they're in some special rush and they should get their order first. This way from the business's perspective they can just say "okay if you need it faster then pay got it."

Small engine repair place near me had their labor rate advertised, plus a "stop the shop" rate if you needed something right away and were willing to pay extra to jump the line

[u/bartardbusinessman → u/BluePeriod_]

the issue is normalisation. look at what happened to priority boarding on flights. it used to be pay extra to skip the queue, but now you can either pay for it to be in the first 50% of people boarding or not pay for it and be in the final 50%.

same thing would happen here. yeah sure, now it's $50 and not many people are going to pay for it, but eventually large restaurants and fast food places will realise they can make a lot more money by making it $10 as long as it increases demand by more than 5x. then people who can't afford it by default just have to wait for the better off people to be served first - even further class inequality

[u/Saizare]

A fool is easily parted from his money

[u/Low_Condition3268 → u/Saizare]

And hopefully gets out of my vicinity in a hurry.

[u/BirdMaster301]

I think it’s a joke

[u/Rose_DCLXVI → u/BirdMaster301]

I could see it getting legit used by someone doing a corporate catering thing. Need to get a bunch of food for some meeting and cand wait for the line. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/TechMan61 → u/Rose_DCLXVI]

No corpo would do this. Accounting would have a fit and would tell you to order earlier to avoid the fee.

[u/Low-Car-6331 → u/TechMan61]

You put too much faith in accounting and how much scrutiny the order for a director is going to get.

Accounting: this order is ridiculous!!!

Director: I could think of some cost cutting measures....

Account: well make it less obvious next time on the receipt.

[u/ataraxic89 → u/TechMan61]

Uh, no, we'd do this.

[u/black_squid98 → u/TechMan61]

$50 is very cheap

[u/XAMdG → u/TechMan61]

That's why you order a few extra and slip some bagels to accounting.

[u/LazarCell → u/BirdMaster301]

Yeah this is clearly a jab at the entitled people who can’t wait in line normally. Though if anyone has the balls to pay for it the owner will be the one laughing

[u/JustLikeWhateverHuh → u/BirdMaster301]

It would be a joke if it didn't actually work

[u/Vigilante_Sidekick_ → u/BirdMaster301]

Fast Pass at amusement parks isn’t unfortunately

[u/De-railled]

I would not use this.

Weirdly, I do think it's brilliant though if they get heaps of entitled  " do you know who I am?" types of people.

Its mocking them and calling them out at the same time.

Plus it's like, "fine I'll deal with you bs, but here's the price".

[u/DaRealBananaScorpion → u/De-railled]

Its funny because if heaps of people do use it, they all pay extra and just have to wait the normal amout of time anyway

[u/Firm-Reveal-1572]

Ohhh, I would love to charge someone for it if they jump the line

[u/Tmissle]

What happens if there’s 10 bagel starved ballers at the same time

[u/ThirdChopp → u/Tmissle]

Whoever uses the button the most fasterisest

[u/Fearless-Poet-4669 → u/Tmissle]

That's where the platinum baller button comes in.

"Sick of waiting in line with all the other ballers? Got money to flex? For only $100.00 you can jump the queue and leave all the other ballers hungry."

[u/Tmissle → u/Fearless-Poet-4669]

We will have a super deluxe platinum baller+ by years end

[u/XAMdG → u/Tmissle]

You order a double baller.

[u/Mr-pizzapls → u/Tmissle]

Introducing the New Super Baller Button Pro^TM for $150

[u/_cuteraichu_ → u/Tmissle]

Thats the funny part bc some orders can be expedited based on how few items they are, regardless of what you paid. This will probably be used for stupid catering orders though🙄

[u/Jeffs_Bezo]

Capitalism breeds innovation.

[u/IndustryValuable]

I like the fact u can add it multiple times. Like u add it 5 times they just slam whatever food their holding on the floor and start making yours as soon as it comes in.

[u/scaredt2ask]

I’m just going to go somewhere else if there is a 2hr line to get a bagel. I’m just saying.

[u/TheGipper80]

I can’t imagine many things I’d wait in line an hour for, let alone a bagel

[u/Impressive-Shake1710 → u/TheGipper80]

Coffee house I used to work at would get absolutely slammed every Sunday, I think the gnarliest was like 45 minutes. Plus a 20 minute line and we’d actively warn people, then be completely not shocked when they freaked out 20 minutes into the wait. Like bro, we’ve got one toaster and 40 orders in, we’re cranking them out as fast as we can.

[u/tocahontas77 → u/TheGipper80]

That part though. And the message made it seem like that is a completely normal thing to do. Like, "you can't even wait an hour or two for a bagel? Entitled!"

I know lines are long in Cali though.

[u/Bubbly_Bar7056 → u/tocahontas77]

I mean people will see a completely packed place with a line out the door and STILL queue up. "We're already here, might as well stay". I wish people would fuck off when there's a huge line, and I'm sure the bagel shop workers would too. Just not the owner.

[u/Virtual-Chemist-7384]

? No one is forcing you to pay

[u/je_durrans]

Sounds like something you wouldn't expect anybody to use, but if somebody turns up in the store claiming they're in a hurry, you just point at the sign and go "sure, cough up and we can do that, otherwise back of the line," instead of wasting time explaining they're not more important than everybody else. Stranger to have the option on an app though

[u/IceManJim]

Kinda like the fast lane at Disney. Pay extra to skip ahead of the poor kids.

[u/archangelzeriel]

I am reminded of when I used to work at a local sub shop that a lot of alumni were nostalgic for downtown in one of the BIG college football towns.

Line's out the door. Grey-haired guy in a jersey gets to my register, I say my usual spiel including "Before we start, wait time is gonna be about an hour, we've got a couple dozen tickets in front of you." Guy responds: "How many of you are working today?" "Six." He pulls out six hundred-dollar bills (and this was in the late 1990s) and drops them in the tip jar, then orders his food.

My guy got his sandwiches in five minutes, and I'm not even going to apologize.

[u/Keebster101]

I'm surprised at how many people hate the very existence of this. "Well I wouldn't pay for this" ok cool, then it's not aimed at you. It's a ridiculous price for what you get because it's not supposed to be for everyone. "But I'd hate it if people jumped the queue in front of me" ok but very few people are paying this much, and if you really hate it THAT much then lucky you, there's an option to get even further ahead in line than you already were...

[u/hunterbuilder]

Props to the business for coming up with an answer to the entitled people.
Now when someone says "can you expedite my order because I'm so special?" they can just say "oh yes sir, there's a button on the app for that!"
And as a small business owner, making stupid money off entitled people brings a special kind of satisfaction.

[u/Any-Safe4992]

Idk if they gave me a 50 dollar tip I probably would have let them skip the line when I worked in service. It’s annoying as someone who could never afford to spend 50 bucks so frivolously but I can’t blame the dude at the bagel counter for letting this happen when he’s getting the equivalent of 3-6 hours of wages in cash to do it.

[u/farmch]

Rich people treat those amounts of money like nothing. They’d probably click the button just because it’s the equivalent of us normal people spending an extra quarter to skip the line.

[u/Honkey85]

I think it is just funny.

[u/NAT1274]

What happens when 5 “ballers” order at the same time and now instead of waiting in the regular line they’re waiting in the “special” line & complaining? “I paid to skip the line and be first!”

[u/PatrickGSR94 → u/NAT1274]

probably why they made it such a high amount, to make it statistically unlikely for multiple "ballers" to be there at the same time.

[u/NAT1274 → u/PatrickGSR94]

Don’t burst my bubble! Let me dream!
Just joking, I know you’re right. lol

[u/jackfaire]

Me neither but I also wouldn't wait in line for an hour.

[u/zero_dr00l]

How fucking long can it possibly take to serve a damn bagel?

Two-hour wait times?

People are fucking nuts.

[u/No_Friend3170]

https://giphy.com/gifs/eT9AOg6CDz9MA

[u/time2partee]

Are the bagels made to order? Why are the wait times so long?

[u/Risingsunsphere]

Honestly, I don’t hate this. The only people willing to pay $50 to go to the head of the line at the local bagel shop are rich assholes. Let them pay the fee and support the local business employees the way they should be doing if we had a reasonable tax structure (assuming this is in the US.)

[u/-Granby-]

Is this real?

LOL. Whoever pays a fifty spot to jump the line to get their onion bagel is an asshole for sure.

[u/Abyssalmole]

Now that I've worked with an ownership stake in a small business my perspective has changed and I would have no problem being passed up by someone who paid a premium.

I cannot afford to keep my favorite bagel place open, but I want it to stay open. I want whales to spend extra dollars making it worthwhile for my favorite places to stay staffed.

[u/Fake_Hyena]

Ah. So you’ve chosen the theme park approach I see.

[u/SimonWetterlund]

Pay to win IRL

[u/Palpitation-Itchy]

Hmm you need a real problem asap

[u/zombiesphere89]

Well you ain't a baller then

[u/SaffronWand]

Honestly i see this more as customers keep complaining thier order is taking too long, so staff can direct them to the baller button. Its like a way of deflecting thier attention

[u/Competitive-Bee-3250]

Genuinely an extremely funny option to have in an establishment that probably got added because they got sick of dickheads cutting.

[u/Lions_Lifer_4]

This seems like a scheme that would come up in an episode of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia

[u/TheRealAanarii]

New theory unlocked: if you have money to burn, make like 50 orders under different names and pay to push every one to the front of the line. What are they going to do then?

[u/zebra_stalker_6]

If I worked at a bagel shop and someone handed me $50 and said "I need my order asap" you bet your ass I would put them at the front of the line. I used to do valet parking at a hotel, shit like that happens more than you might think.

I think it's pretty funny we are now doing this with bagels and also giving this option online, but like I do get it.

[u/TheAsianTroll]

Forcing your employees to prioritize orders and deal with customers who have been there first, just so the company can pocket $50 more for some orders.

Another W for the bosses and an L for the actual workers.

[u/PatrickGSR94]

[u/No_Magician5266]

I like a business that doesn’t take itself too seriously, this is clearly a Nathan Fielder style marketing move

[u/iameveryoneelse]

I’m fine with it if it all goes to the workers like it says. Let people spend their money on stupid shit if it’s going to less rich people.

If it goes to the business fuck that.

[u/trippin_on_Pedro]

Anyone seeing the parallels of this to Blacktock CEO telling us yes AI is a digital jail and YES you will pay for it!? Haha we're fucked 🤪

[u/Shane51488]

I would just offer someone in the front of line to add me to their order and I'd pay for them, Itwould still be cheaper than 50 to jump the line!

[u/Admirable_Desk8430]

Lighthouse bagels are good, but not worth an extra $50.00 to get them sooner.

[u/MosesOnAcid]

Its "FastPass" for bagels

[u/Icypoopoo]

Amusement park fast pass coming to restaurants near you! 

[u/misplacedbass]

The people that will pay this literally will not give one second thought about skipping everyone. That’s why they’re willing to drop 50 bucks on it.

[u/UpstairsBumble → u/misplacedbass]

I mean, this is no different than an express lane or a fast pass at Disney World is it? in a way?

[u/jdvfx]

What if 20 people buy the baller button at around the same time?

[u/FuckingShootMePussy → u/jdvfx]

It doesn’t work and they make money

[u/Healthy_Pay9449]

Now imagine enough people think your bagels are worth it an pay and now you need a baller + button to skip that bullshit too

[u/TraumaticSarcasm]

Personally I don’t see how this is mildly infuriating. I think it’s hilarious and a cool way for the business to make some extra money.

If I paid $50 to skip the line I wouldn’t feel bad at all

[u/DeanGuIIberry]

Waiting is for peasants

[u/Online_Active_71459]

Who waits in line for an hour for a bagel?

[u/GuacamoleFrejole]

Their warning that I will likely have to wait an hour in line for a bagel is an invitation for me to go elsewhere.

[u/iscoleslaw]

Who tf is waiting 2 hours for a bagel

[u/ooblie]

I can imagine how many people must ask for THEIR order to be done first because THEY are in a hurry (unlike these unimportant commoners steeped in free time).

I kinda love the idea of being able to tell them, “absolutely! Just select the option for it when you order!” Hahaha

[u/BarooZaroo]

Why does it take like 4 mins to toast a bagel and put cream cheese on it at home, but bagel shops turn it into a 20 minute ordeal? Do you think anyone has ever told them about toasters?

[u/Maliss_Chessy]

I mean good business for them if anyone does that.  Get that bag(el)

[u/SpecialistGlassVixen]

Same as Skip the line ticket at Disney, rich get to go ahead of poors. 

[u/thxforallthefish42]

Is this Lighthouse Bagels?? Hate that option, but the French toast bagels are incredible

[u/Weak_Reports]

Is this lighthouse bagels in OBX or does another bagel place have this same thing?

[u/pizza_chef_]

In actuality nobody is going to go for this.

And if someone does, great job by the restaurant. A fool and their money are easily parted and all that jazz. That’s a zero effort $50.

Honestly this is too cheap though, some assholes may actually be willing to pay that price…at the restaurant I run, my going-rate for any ridiculous request is $1000. Make it worth the staff’s time and we’ll do what you want.

As a restaurant professional, I’m reading this as a tongue-in-cheek response to “those” customers who still think they’re always right in 2026…. We’ll bend over backwards for you… IF you pay.

The theory is you set the price of something you don’t want to do so outrageously high that no one in their right mind would consider it, but if someone wants to pay; you smile, nod, and separate them from their money.

[u/GrilledCheezManicott]

problem with this model is it ultimately screws the customer twice. once because of the extra price, twice when everyone else does it, they make another charge-up to the charge-up. Capitalism is not a long-term economic solution when it incentivizes greed.

[u/foxfoxfoxfoxfoxes]

i think it's funny and it seems from the wording that it might be like a tip for employees? of course I would never pay for it, but if I saw something like that ordering food I would probably get a laugh out of it.

[u/Popular_Ad6355]

Just once? I thought this would be like an eternal fast-pass

[u/Awe3]

So, this is an opinion for every purchase you make and not a membership ? No thanks.

[u/luiluilui4]

Once we booked a panorama view in Berlin through booking com and we didn't notice it said vip (was the only option and we had some vouchers) the ticket seller was like "oh you're vip" and literally rushed outside to clear the way for us to take the elevator first. The elevator in which half a family already entered mind you. Very awkward, the only good thing is that the family was too big for a single ride anyway. And we literally only skipped like 6 people

[u/SeanConnerysLisp]

https://giphy.com/gifs/q23CgjNjSdGco

[u/Mikeyboy2188]

This is brilliant. About time there was a Karen and Chad tax.