On 10/22/2017 10:36 AM, Gary wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>> Any time a guy gets friendly with a woman others will assume it is an
>> affair anyway.
>
> People often guess about things they don't know and it can
> sometimes turn ugly.
>
> Case in point: It was my daughter's 16th birthday and I
> was almost age 42.
>
> I told her to pick a restaurant and I would take her.
> She loved Outback Steak House so that's where we
> went.
>
> She dressed up nicely in her black dress for the special
> meal and we headed off to dinner.
>
> While there, our waitress (maybe age 30 or so), treated
> her very well and me not so well at all. Anytime she
> talked me, it was with glaring eyes, cold voice, and
> a 'Clint Eastwood' grimace on her mouth.
>
> I didn't want to assume things so I ignored it during the
> meal but it was the same thing each time she came to
> our table to check on us. Nice to daughter and cold
> to me.
>
> Finally dinner ended and I asked for the check and also
> asked if she would give us a "doggy bag" for the leftover
> steaks.
>
> Glaring at me, she asked coldly,
> "Will those both be for the SAME house, SIR?"
>
I don't believe that for a minute.

> I was ready for it. I told her: "Yes, she will be sleeping
> at my house tonight. She lives with me. She's my daughter
> and this is her 16th birthday dinner."
>
Why didn't you tell them that when you walked in? Taken the
host/hostess aside and said, "It's her birthday". Place like Outback
will give her free a slice of cake or pie or something.

> Would have loved a video of that moment. The waitress' eyes
> went wide and mouth dropped open. She was stunned.
>
Sure she was.

> She immediately apologized to me and said, "I'm a social
> worker and I see this all the time." Evidently she sees
> older men dating young girls all the time."
>
It's an interesting story. I only halfway believe it. I do believe
older men with young women who look like teens are often suspect. But I
don't believe you'd sit there with the waitress glaring at you and your
daughter throughout the meal without speaking up. Or without your
daughter noticing it. (I do hope you weren't snuggled up next to her
all cozy in a booth. LOL)

I also don't believe the server suddenly announced she's also a Social
Worker. If she had been, she'd have gone quietly in the back and called
her boss and the cops.

Jill