Only the beautiful!
By Kandase
@Kandae11 (55131)
June 4, 2018 10:46am CST
I posted a discussion about this back in 2015 when I was a member of the now defunct Bubblews site. The post was about a Korean restaurant in China which offered free meals to beautiful customers.
Every day, fifty people could eat free at the restaurant - only if they were judged beautiful. Those customers who want to eat free are taken to a "beauty identification area" where their faces are scanned and a panel of judges - made up of plastic surgeons - decide who qualifies. Those who don't must pay full price for their meal.
The restaurant was opened in 2015 and I am wondering if it is still in operation or has closed long ago. I also wonder about the reaction from customers who felt they were beautiful enough to eat free, but the judges thought otherwise. Would you patronise such a restaurant? and do you think the aim of the organisers was to secure more business for the plastic surgeons?
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
4 Jun 18
not a very nice way to run the business at all - I'd be happy to be too ugly to eat there
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
4 Jun 18
@Kandae11 hopefully it has changed its attitude - if they don't let these guys in, I'll boycott them
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
5 Jun 18
I think it might be a bit tough to take for those who think they are beautiful but judged otherwise. I am only cute so I would have to pay lol
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
5 Jun 18
@Kandae11 lol Yes me too!! Most people who think they are beautiful are excessively vain!!
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@Marilynda1225 (83062)
• United States
4 Jun 18
This concept just seems crazy to me. I definitely wouldn't patronize such a place but I can imagine it would be a low blow if you thought you were beautiful and the judges didn't
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@josie_ (10032)
• Philippines
4 Jun 18
Research have shown that beautiful people get better service or treatment. This Korean restaurant's offer is another proof of this. But no I would not patronize this establishment. My purpose of going inside a restaurant is to satisfy my appetite and not to get my self-esteem bash in.
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@josie_ (10032)
• Philippines
4 Jun 18
@Kandae11 _Maybe the promo gimmick has logic. Although there may have been disappointed patrons, how about those narcissists who won't admit to themselves the outcome of the test. They've be going back again and again until the test say otherwise. Think Trump.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
4 Jun 18
Hi Kandase. I will not patronize because for me it is absurd.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
5 Jun 18
@Kandae11 And it can be mean too to other people.
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@popciclecold (39461)
• United States
4 Jun 18
I won't go to a place like that. But I am sure the plastic surgeons had their hands in it.
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@vandana7 (100526)
• India
5 Jun 18
It may have been a marketing campaign. I would go to such a restaurant if it was for uglier ones so that I get free meals. LOL. Kidding as usual. lol. It may actually be to identify what people consider to be beautiful so that they can decide to hone their skills in that direction. Not sure I would patronize it, but it is interesting news for sure. :)
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@andriaperry (117130)
• Anniston, Alabama
5 Jun 18
I would have to go in just to see if I was beautiful enough, I can bet its not there anymore.
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@Dena91 (16692)
• United States
4 Jun 18
I would think it would drive business down instead of up. I'm there to eat, not to be judged by someones definition of what beautiful is. And the only reason I would ever have plastic surgery would be in case of an accident or illness. So the plastic surgeons there would be wasting their time trying to convince me otherwise.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
4 Jun 18
Oh good thought - would make more business for plastic surgery.
I wouldn't go to such a place. Even if I thought I was beautiful enough to win... I don't think it's fair or nice to judge people on looks alone.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
5 Jun 18
@Kandae11 True. I wish people looked like what their insides are
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@snowy22315 (181942)
• United States
5 Jun 18
@Kandae11 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, just cuz some narrow defitinion of beauty doesn't fit someone does not mean they are not beautiful..shame on this restaurant for having such a shallow concept honestly.
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@Shiva49 (26762)
• Singapore
5 Jun 18
I will have to pay then for the beautiful people who should be better off than me.
I won't patronize it as I believe beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
It is the inner beauty that counts and it takes more than a cursory look to assess - siva
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@arunima25 (87855)
• Bangalore, India
5 Jun 18
That is absurd!! Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder and everyone is beautiful for someone he/she matters. I feel I am the most beautiful person on the earth and so are others. No body can judge my beauty.
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@arunima25 (87855)
• Bangalore, India
6 Jun 18
@Kandae11 I would call it a pseudo ego boost
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@notewise777 (247)
• Cape Town, South Africa
5 Jun 18
Such an establishment is discriminatory in every which way. Is it then up to as the owner whether a "more beautiful" person's money has greater value then mine? For if that is so, I will gladly go and spend it at a restaurant that values its customers irrespective of their appearances or diversities.
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@Kandae11 (55131)
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5 Jun 18
@notewise777 It would be very demoralising for those who felt they would make it.
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@notewise777 (247)
• Cape Town, South Africa
5 Jun 18
@Kandae11 Did it have to be done in such a callous way though? Must have been extremely off-putting for the neutral patron.
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