SDCAR2010【逻辑入门】（九）Flaw (part 1)

xiejienan

At present the Hollywood Restaurant has only standard-height tables. However, many customers come to watch the celebrities who frequent the Hollywood, and they would prefer tall tables with stools because such seating would afford a better view of the celebrities. Moreover, diners seated on stools typically do not stay as long as diners seated at standard-height tables. Therefore, if the Hollywood replaced some of its seating with high tables and stools, its profits would increase.


The argument is vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that

(A) some celebrities come to the Hollywood to be seen, and so might choose to sit at the tall tables if they were available
(B) the price of meals ordered by celebrities dining at the Hollywood compensates for the longer time, if any, they spend lingering over their meals
(C) a customer of the Hollywood who would choose to sit at a tall table would be an exception to the generalization about lingering
(D) a restaurant's customers who spend less time at their meals typically order less expensive meals than those who remain at their meals longer
(E) with enough tall tables to accommodate all the Hollywood's customers interested in such seating, there would be no view except of other tall he support

I really do not quite understand why the OA is C
My reasoning is this:
Background. However, premise, and intermediate conclusion because premise. Moreover, premise.
Therefore, premise, conclusion.

The author draws his conclusion based on two premise: one is the change will attract more people, and the other is people who seat at high tables will stay less time. That is, more people, higher fluidity.

(C) a customer of the Hollywood who would choose to sit at a tall table would be an exception to the generalization about lingering

I do not understand the relation between what option c says and what the premises says.
If the exception to the generalization about lingering can constrain people to seat at high table, then i know the Option can really weaken the conclusion. But what is reaction of people who would choose to sit at a tall table is not mentioned in the conclusion. I thought this answers is a relevant one.

-- by 会员 jaze (2011/6/30 10:50:14)

Hi, I try to understand your concern and here is my opinion:
The core business and profitable product of a restaurant is food. The idea to set up the high tables is to attract people come to their restaurant and try their food. Providing the opportunity to see the celebrities is the unique advantage of the restaurant but not their income resource. To convert this advantage into profit, attract people to see the celebrities at the very beginning and promote their food is the optimal business strategy. People may just come for celebrities at the beginning, but if their love the food here they will come frequently.
I hope my opinion makes sense to you. By the way, my major is business~

xiejienan

Hi, I try to understand your concern and here is my opinion:
The core business and profitable product of a restaurant is food. The idea to set up the high tables is to attract people come to their restaurant and try their food. Providing the opportunity to see the celebrities is the unique advantage of the restaurant but not their income resource. To convert this advantage into profit, attract people to see the celebrities at the very beginning and promote their food is the optimal business strategy. People may just come for celebrities at the beginning, but if their love the food here they will come frequently.
I hope my opinion makes sense to you. By the way, my major is business~