Man that stings, losing to a kid hurts more when you thought you were being the nice one. My family always let people collect rent while sitting in jail, which I later found out is total nonsense. We also played that landing on Free Parking gave you whatever was in the middle, and by hour six that pile was huge. My cousin once took a pot big enough to buy back half the board and nobody blinked. Kids these days have the rulebook on their phones so there is no hiding it anymore.

Ray folded socks for free? Sounds like a nice guy, not some big deal.

Man, a 12% jump is nice but I wouldn't hang my hat on one spot's numbers like it proves some big rule. A 40 seat cafe in Portland is a tiny sample, and six months isn't really long enough to call it. The menu thing clearly worked for you, but that doesn't mean specials are dead for everyone.