Kate Connally wrote:

> You know, I did just this very thing but not to avoid a
> service charge. I have always wanted to eat at Brennan's
> in New Orleans and when I got the chance to go there I was
> really excited. I couldn't wait to have the Bananas Foster.
> I made a reservation months in advance. I was meeting my
> sister and her husband there for dinner while we were both
> on vacation in N. O. at the same time. So, we get to the
> restaurant and are seated and the waiter comes to take our
> order and I ask for separate checks. No deal! Huh? What's
> the big deal? (I don't even want to hear all the "so why
> couldn't one or the other of you just pay the check and get
> reimbursed by the other" comments - there are reasons - okay?)
> So I'm furious. I ask to be seated at another table nearby.
> They think I'm nuts. Too bad it didn't work. If it had been
> a place where you didn't need a reservation months in advance
> it woulda worked. We ended up eating at Kakoo and Ralph's.
> It was great. Eh, their Bananas Foster is probably not all
> it's cracked up to be anyway. :-)
>
> Kate

That's really a depressing story. It is like you cut your
own nose off to spite your face...very sad. I hope
whatever is wrong between you and your family can be
resolved so that you don't miss out on other nice things in
years to come.
Goomba