"P.Aitken" > wrote
> wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>>I guess they hadn't gotten around to the lesson where you don't
>>>order everything on the menu when someone else is paying?
>> 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.
Adults should know, and kids should too. You take your
cue from what other people are ordering, it's only polite.
If I'm eating out, I order whatever I want. I don't care if it's
the 5 most expensive items from column A B & C. It never
is, but that's not the point. If I'm eating out and someone else
is paying, yes, I'm careful to order along the lines of what they
order, pricewise. Or lower. And the number of courses
they order, as well.
Never too young to teach children to think of others. It
should be brought to their attention that you might order
differently when grandpa is paying vs mom and dad.
It's just manners, that's all.
> No, guests should not order the most expensive menu item,
And here, you admit there is some line somewhere.
People who don't pay attention to that wind up being the
ones bitched about who order expensive meals all the time
then just split the bill with the others at the table, apparently
unaware everyone is chipping in for their meal.
nancy