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Questions for skibum609 and flagooner (and some TUSCL psychology)

4got2wipe

In a brilliant place!

On this brilliant thread https://www.tuscl.net/discussion.php?id=… gave the story of his rich brother owning 15 Five Guys franchises for fun.

Maybe you don't know this but why? I get the idea of owning a restaurant for fun if you have sufficient wealth. After all, if you enjoy it and do well you can have an expensive hobby where you at least break even so it is a win-win.

But 15 franchise restaurants? If I very rich and had the hobby of being a burger restaurateur last thing I'd want is a franchise. I'd do a little place where I did high-end burgers and various creative takes on '50s diner food.

A liquor license would almost certainly be too much of a headache for a hobby but if we're being "best of all possible worlds" about things I'd also have a bar with craft bourbons, wine, and maybe some microbrews. Maybe prosecco for folks in a bubbly mood.

Now I'm not saying I'm rich enough for that. I'm not. I have thought of quitting and starting a food truck that sells creative takes on meat loaf and comfort food. I'd call it "4got loaf" (ok, the latter is a joke, but the food truck idea is true). But I don't think 4got loaf would be a big seller.

Just saying that I think Five Guys would get boring fast. No disrespect.

And for flagooner, why was this a humble brag? Or a douche brag? It is about skibum609's brother, not skibum609.