On 2017-08-11 5:18 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 8/11/2017 1:53 PM, wrote:
>> On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 09:47:22 -0400, Dave Smith
>>> At a family gathering the big niece went into the kitchen and started
>>> packing up all the food to take home with her. Her brother confronted
>>> her and told her that was unacceptable.
>>
>> big niece?
>>
> Dave hasn't mentioned her in a while. Surely you remember the tales of
> his "big niece" who would attend, say, Thanksgiving family dinners and
> eat pretty much everything in sight? IIRC if she couldn't find
> something on the buffet table she liked she'd help herself to whatever
> she could find in the kitchen.
Actually, she never seems to have problems finding things she likes at a
buffet. She will eat pretty much anything, and in large quantities. That
does not stop her from sneaking off to the kitchen and raiding the
pantry, opening up boxes of crackers and cookies and whatever else there
is.
One of the more memorable buffet tales was when her mother was living in
an apartment for artists and actors and there was a Boxing Day potluck.
She and her also large husband brought half a head of lettuce, with a
little bit of tomato and onion as a salad. She was eating it on the way
for her mother's apartment to the party room. When the dinner bell went
she was one of the first in line. Instead of taking the plate on top,
she moved all the plates to get the big one at the bottom, and then she
proceeded to pile it high with all the good food that others had bought.
The last time I had to endure a meal with her was when her mother took
us to a restaurant. BN ordered something that came with fries or salad.
It was not a surprise to me that she opted for the salad, but a few
minutes later she called the waitress over and asked for the salad. When
her meal came with the salad she asked about the fries. The waitress
said she thought that she had wanted salad instead of the fries. Nope,
she wanted both. So the waitress headed off to the kitchen to correct
the problem. A couple minutes later, BN called her over and cancelled
the fries. A little while later she called the waitress over again and
ordered the fries... again.
IIRC correctly, you once worked as a waitress. I wonder how you would
have liked to be able to deal with a customer like that.