It's a nice gesture meant to welcome you into the restaurant, while the following baskets are more of a professional courtesy. From a business standpoint, this makes sense. After all, Olive Garden can't exactly be giving out overflowing baskets full of breadsticks away for free.

Donna Jay Fulks Even if you don't recognize her name, you've probably heard the work of Donna Jay Fulks. She's been the voice behind Olive Garden, Secret, Walgreens, Aveeno, JCPenney, and even The Oprah Winfrey Network. Growing up in Crystal Lake, IL, Fulks remembers writing and recording radio plays at a young age.

"We love seeing our guests' passion for our unlimited menu items and don't have a limit to the number of refills our guests can request," a spokesperson for the brand said. Did you know that instead of trying to stuff breadsticks into your purse you can actually just order some to-go?

That's enough for the entire population of the United States to have two servings of salad and two breadsticks each. "We serve almost 9 million breadsticks a day at Olive Garden," said Dave Pickens, president of the Olive Garden. "The key is they've got to be made perfectly."

Although it's unlikely that a bot actually wrote this -- as @donohoe pointed out, 1,000 hours comes out to about 250,000 unique Olive Garden commercials.

Rolex is prominently featured in the ad, for which McShane is also the commercial spokesman, and Rolex is also the official timepiece of the PGA Tour.

If you order 400 bread sticks at Olive Garden, the restaurant can legally do something to stop you. The maximum number of breadsticks that one person is allowed to order is ten. If you order more than ten, the restaurant may refuse to serve them to you or charge you for the additional breadsticks.

*Never-Ending refills of Soup, Salad & Breadsticks available dine-in only.

Common serving sizes

Olive Garden is one of those chain restaurants that will always have a special place in most people's hearts - in large part, because of the breadsticks. The Italian-American chain is known for their unlimited salads, endless pasta offerings and those famously warm, soft breadsticks that make customer feel like family.

the Discount Tire Company's Thank you commercial The world's longest running TV commercial is the Discount Tire Company's Thank you commercial, produced by Swartwout Productions (Arizona, USA) and first aired in 1975. The same commercial has been aired continuously every year in parts of the USA.

founder Hans Wilsdorf Rolex's history is closely linked to that of its founder Hans Wilsdorf. Hans Wilsdorf was a visionary who foresaw a century of change. Convinced that water resistance would turn the wristwatch into a must-have for everyone, he launched the Oyster in 1926.