Went to Fazoli’s for dinner last evening. I like the food there and I like how they are trying to straddle the line between fast food (you order at a counter and the food is ready quickly) and a sit down dinner (the food is brought out to you and you eat with real silverware). The staff wear shirts that proudly proclaim they are Garlic Powered, Tomato Powered, or Basil Powered.
On a previous visit, one young woman was wearing a shirt labeled Basil Powered. She was not quite focused and didn’t more with any deliberation as she moved about the restaurant. I concluded that Basil must not be an effective power source.
This time, the same woman was there and was working behind the counter. She was now tagged as being Tomato Powered and was move quickly and efficiently.
I don’t know how that actually works – perhaps the acids in tomato juice function as a primitive type of battery – but there is clearly something to this and requires more research. For Science!