Classification of Weekend Meal Budget
The menu was checked before leaving the house. The dal was noted. A decision was made accordingly.
HEARING TRANSCRIPT Matter: Classification of Weekend Meal Budget Proceeding Type: Administrative Review
EXAMINER: You checked the menu before arriving at the restaurant.
RESPONDENT: Correct.
EXAMINER: You checked the menu at three other restaurants on the same street before selecting this one.
RESPONDENT: Two. One was closed.
EXAMINER: At what point did you note the price of the dal?
RESPONDENT: At the point where I opened the menu. It was on the first page.
EXAMINER: And the previous price?
RESPONDENT: Thirty-five. It is now sixty.
EXAMINER: You remember the previous price precisely.
RESPONDENT: It was thirty-five.
EXAMINER: Someone chooses where to eat by checking menus in advance instead of deciding after arrival. Is this an accurate characterization of your behavior?
RESPONDENT: We went to the restaurant I selected.
EXAMINER: The purchase is ordinary, yet each price now feels like evidence in a private economic investigation. Do you have a response to that characterization?
RESPONDENT: The dal was the same dal. They raised the price.
EXAMINER: Every remembered old price remains legally active as a comparison point until the buyer stops mentioning it. Have you mentioned the previous price of the dal this evening?
RESPONDENT: I mentioned it twice.
EXAMINER: The dal was how?
RESPONDENT: Good. It was good.
EXAMINER: And yet.
RESPONDENT: And yet.
FINDING
Eventually weekend meal budget acquires an unwritten enforcement system that everyone denies creating. Future outings involve advance menu review. The review is treated as practical planning. The old prices remain on record.
RECORD CLOSED
The dal was good.