"The reason why you see hashtags in Facebook status updates is because they are actually tweets. Many people post their tweets to Twitter and Facebook at the same time. I do this too, but I never post all of my tweets to FB. That would annoy my friends. I use a Facebook app called Selective Tweets to do this. I then include #fb in my tweet to make it appear on FB too. I hope this helps."
- DaveDelaney.ME
"This is great thinking Chris. I compare it to street sales people and scam artists. I remember being in Venice a million years ago and watching the routine of a man selling knock off purses on the street. He would very aggressively get the purse into a woman's hands, then as he explained the benefits and complimented the look of her with the bag, he would back away. I've often thought about this technique. The idea of putting something for sale in the hands of the customer and not easily accepting it back. It sounds quite like your restaurant example, doesn't it?"
- DaveDelaney.ME