"Kate Connally" > wrote in message
...
> Goomba38 wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> Well, I don't feel that way about it. I just don't like
> being pushed around by snooty restaurants or even non-snooty
> ones! It was a matter of principle. And there is nothing
> wrong between me and my family. If there were I would not
> have been dining with them! The reasons for requesting
> separate checks have nothing to do with a "family feud".
> Don't feel sorry for me. I can always make my own Banana's
> Foster from Brennan's own recipe so it's not a big deal.
> And we had a great time at Kakoo and Ralph's and great
> food. I had crab done 7 different ways, and except for
> the soft-shell crab it was all delicious. I would have
> actually felt worse about it if I had let Brennan's force
> me into doing it their way.
>
> Kate
>
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