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• Big Ed Dunkel commented on Tip to encourage dinner party guests to dispose of olive pits
  Nudge: Put a quart of tequila and a bag of Cheetos in a blender. Serve to guests as they arrive....
• Daemon commented on Tip to encourage dinner party guests to dispose of olive pits
  Very closely related: "salting" the hat. When busking (or begging or whatever) anyone who knows what they are doing will toss a few coins of their own into the hat/guitar case/cup/whatever. People are significantly more likely to give money when it seems that other people have also given money....
• kleer001 commented on Tip to encourage dinner party guests to dispose of olive pits
  Also works at the end of the party when the last straggles won't get the clue that it's time to go. Start cleaning up....
• Modusoperandi commented on Tip to encourage dinner party guests to dispose of olive pits
  I do something similar by throwing up in the planter before the guests arrive. If I'm really on the ball I pass out on the front lawn, as well....
• karenlyn commented on Tip to encourage dinner party guests to dispose of olive pits
  Anon, it's because unpitted olives are tastier! I like them better anyway. Living in Spain, people are trained to dispose of their olive pits properly (practically all olives here come with pits). But when I serve them to my American friends, they always need a nudge to dispose of their olives properly. This definitely works! I have a little tray where the pit container is attached to the olive container. It's the perfect thing for this....