Dinner 10/18/17
On 10/22/2017 1:19 PM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> 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
>
> It's all true Jill. You must be just posting paybacks for me
> calling your stories fake. lol! I don't blame you but no...all
> story above is total reality.
>
Okay, I believe you. I, personally, would not have sat there and let a
server *glare* at me every time she came to the table. I'd have asked
what the heck is your problem?!
Jill
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