On 10/23/2017 3:08 PM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> 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?!
>
> For the longest time (during the meal) I was just hoping that I
> was wrong and maybe imagining things. I didn't want to spoil my
> daughters special birthday meal either. Only at the very end did
> I realize that I was right and waitress did assume I was some old
> guy dating a young girl.
>
> You or someone here was right though....I should have announced
> the dad and daughter birthday thing right as we sat down. That's
> hindsight though. I never imagined that anyone would think the
> wrong scenario. Oh well.
>
Or at the hostess stand, arranging for a free piece of cake or pie for
her.

> PS - my daughter did miss all that behind the scene nonsense. She
> DID have a nice steak dinner and that was my only concern.
>
I'm glad she had a nice dinner. I still would not have put up with a
rude server.

I recall eating dinner alone in a restaurant once and was dressed
nicely. On my way out the door a young man, he must have been in his
20's and I was in my 40's, stopped me and asked if he could have my
phone number. I laughed and said no. Know what I assumed? He thought
I was a hooker. I wasn't dressed in skimpy clothes. But I could tell
by the way he looked me up and down he must have thought I was plying
that particular trade. Maybe I was wrong and he just wanted a couger.
LOL Not interested, sorry dude. I laughed all the way to my car.

Jill