Leisurely Eating is absolutely broken and needs a nerf

[SEND 'EM TO THE RANCH]

Adding an extra 10 seconds to eating will instantly kill most runs. A minus 15% customers is nothing when your customers take about 4 times as much to eat now, especially if you have things like coffee also picked. That is now an extra 20 seconds for the customer. There is nothing you can do to speed up their eating except for the type of restaurant that you choose. It should be 2 times eating duration at the max since the only real counter play is to just pick whatever the other card is as that is infinitely more manageable than leisurely eating. There is no other card in the game that spikes the difficulty as much as this. The only other card that spikes the difficulty a lot is single person eating and even then it's nowhere close to leisurely eating. That can at least be managed with metal tables, leisurely eating cannot.

[Seftak]

Now imagine taking double serving with it. If you have entrées and desserts chances are you won't even be done serving your first customer before failing.

[OanMkvenner]

Actually there is two things you can do about the problem, besides the type of restaurant:
- Put more tables out, so more people can eat in parallel
- use sharp cutlery, which cuts down on eating time - quite literally :D

[Niwoh]

I like the card but it needs a better description, it sounds so harmless at first read.

Why I like it: It's very dangerous most of the time, but with the right tools it can be a free card,
Meaning it forces you to think about your choice and it can get you to pick other cards you might usually skip, but it's can also be a big upside (-15% customers with no downside) when combined with some of the otherwise weak items/bonuses that cut down on eating time.

[Jumboman]

if you have soup, main and dessert (or 2d servings), simply don't pick it. whatever the other thing is, it won't ♥♥♥♥ you up as bad.
On the other hand, if you have mains with 3 toppings and 5 sides, and you're only serving 10 customers per day anyway, then the card is a relatively free 15% bonus. Just put some cutlery down and voila. So it can definitely work in the right setup.

[swolblu]

How much does sharp cutlery cut down the eating time by? Seems like a decent solution to that card if it's high enough.

[Asakura Shinichi]

Had this in a franchise and got to day 10 in overtime easy, i dont see how negative cards should be nerfed cause you want to pick them but have an easy game. This card is clearly there to be a negative trait you have to find solution for and be a challenge or you can always pick the other one.
BTW the only reason why the run ended on day 10 in overtime was cause my waiter player though its a good idea to add a picture that extends the thinking time, while we also had 2 romantic tables that also extend thinking time and leisurely eating which means they eat longer.
BTW 2 we also had coffee too and this was not a problem with leisurely eating.