<s>[INST] Using critical thinking methods, how would you approach and solve the following problem: A local restaurant is experiencing a decrease in customers, and the owner wants to understand the cause and find a solution. What steps would you take to gather information, analyze the situation, and develop potential solutions? [/INST] 1. Understand your menu. If there are items that are selling less now than they were in the past, see if the ingredients or price has changed.  Has that affected the taste or cost of the item.
2. Understand your employees. Are they treating the customers well, are they friendly, are they happy? 
3. Understand your advertising. Have you changed any advertising recently, or changed the type of advertising recently?</s>\ <s>[INST] Assume that none of those three hypothetical scenarios are problematic. What are 5 different extraneous or atypical reasons for a sudden reduction of customers? Additionally, provide corresponding methods of counteracting them. [/INST] 