P.Aitken wrote:
> wrote:
> > Nancy Young wrote:
> >
> > wrote
> >>
> >>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>>>Side note: Our friends have the opposite problem. They raised their
> >>>>kids to eat everything very early on, and now every time they go out
> >>>>the kids want lobster and steamed mussels. :-)
> >>>
> >>>My sister brought up her kids the same way. This can be a very
> >>>dangerous thing for the pocket book. I can remember their great uncle
> >>>taking them to dinner and being a bit shocked when the oldest (10-12
> >>>yr?) started with escargot and proceeded down the menu from there.
> >>
> >>I guess they hadn't gotten around to the lesson where you don't
> >>order everything on the menu when someone else is paying?
> >>
> >>nancy
> >
> >
> > He was making sure that they felt free to order whatever they wanted.
> > 
Serves him right
> >
> > The cost really didn't bother him, rather he was shocked I think he was
> > expecting the Kids Menu hamburger.
> >
>
> I think it is weird to take people to dinner, offering to pay, at a
> restaurant where a lot of the menu items are too expensive and you
> expect your guests to somehow know they should order only the less
> expensive items. No, guests should not order the most expensive menu
> item, but they should be free to order items that are typical for the
> place. If the host has a limited budget he should choose the restaurant
> accordingly.
Exactly. But I also feel it's rude for a guest to order excessively,
where they not only order the most expensive items in each catagory but
they order doubles on appetizers, salads, desserts, etc., and drink
like they think you own the bar .... then when they obviously can't
possibly eat it all the greedy *******s want to take it home... hey,
that's my food you didn't eat, I didn't offer to buy your dinner for
the next day. Occasionally that has happened to me, I never offer to
treat them again, in fact I no longer associate with those types (you
only get to do that to me once), invaribly those kind never offer to
treat anyone, they never heard of the word reciprocity, they are
schnorrers, low lifes not worth knowing.
I also detest that when I treat for dinner any of my guests insist on
paying the tip... I consider that the ultimate insult by which to end
the meal... as if they are saying I can't afford it. Hey, you wanna
show appreciation, don't think you're getting off the reciprocity hook
with a measly tip, next time it's your turn to choose the place and
treat everyone to dinner. And anyway it's none of anyone elses
business how much I tip (in fact when it's my treat no one needs to see
the tab... anyone asks they better be prepared to pay), and I certainly
don't want any cheap ******* choosing how much my tip should be. I
mean don't you think it's awkward announcing in front of everyone "Hey,
l'll leave the tip... how much should I leave?" What if there were
six of us, the tab is like $500, and I respond a C-note and schmucko is
thinking like five bucks a head, like thirty dollars should make him
appear flush. Geeze, the friggin' piker drank more than that. duh
Sheldon