I was running early this morning (!) so I stopped at Burger King and bought
a breakfast sandwich and coffee and sat down to eat. I noticed a guy come
in and set a bag on a table then he went up and ordered a coffee. He went
back to the table and proceeded to pull a couple of plastic containers out
of the bag - he'd brought his own breakfast! Is this weird? Perhaps he was
on a special diet or something, I don't know. It just struck me as odd. I
guess it's good at least he bought *something*. What do you think of this?

Jill

On Wed 18 Jan 2006 05:53:04p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it jmcquown?

> I was running early this morning (!) so I stopped at Burger King and
> bought a breakfast sandwich and coffee and sat down to eat. I noticed a
> guy come in and set a bag on a table then he went up and ordered a
> coffee. He went back to the table and proceeded to pull a couple of
> plastic containers out of the bag - he'd brought his own breakfast! Is
> this weird? Perhaps he was on a special diet or something, I don't
> know. It just struck me as odd. I guess it's good at least he bought
> *something*. What do you think of this?

LOL! I have to admit I've done the same/similar. David and I each prefer
different fast food places and I have occasionally gone through a drive-thru
of the restaurant I prefer to pick up a sandwich or fries, then driven to and
and gone in the restaurant he preferred and ordered the remainder of what I
wanted. He saids I'm nuts, but why eat what you don't want? I've never
taken anything from home, however.

--
Wayne Boatwright Õ¿Õ¬
________________________________________

Okay, okay, I take it back! UnScrew you!

"jmcquown" > wrote

> He went
> back to the table and proceeded to pull a couple of plastic containers out
> of the bag - he'd brought his own breakfast! Is this weird? Perhaps he
> was
> on a special diet or something, I don't know. It just struck me as odd.
> I
> guess it's good at least he bought *something*. What do you think of
> this?

Only thing I've heard like that is that one time I had lunch with a
friend, she invited one of her co-workers along, we ordered lunch
(this was a restaurant complete with wait staff), she ordered a
glass of iced tea and nothing else. Whipped out a cheese sandwich.
and proceeded to eat it there.

nancy

jmcquown wrote:
> I was running early this morning (!) so I stopped at Burger King and bought
> a breakfast sandwich and coffee and sat down to eat. I noticed a guy come
> in and set a bag on a table then he went up and ordered a coffee. He went
> back to the table and proceeded to pull a couple of plastic containers out
> of the bag - he'd brought his own breakfast! Is this weird? Perhaps he was
> on a special diet or something, I don't know. It just struck me as odd. I
> guess it's good at least he bought *something*. What do you think of this?

I got nervous from the moment you said "set a bag on a table then he
went" ... I'da been making tracks outta there... if I'da been there,
which I wouldn't and haven't in some 30 years. Why do folks still go
to those fast food joints, I didn't know billions could become addicted
to shit.

Sheldon

Sheldon wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>> I was running early this morning (!) so I stopped at Burger King and
>> bought a breakfast sandwich and coffee and sat down to eat. I
>> noticed a guy come in and set a bag on a table then he went up and
>> ordered a coffee. He went back to the table and proceeded to pull a
>> couple of plastic containers out of the bag - he'd brought his own
>> breakfast! Is this weird? Perhaps he was on a special diet or
>> something, I don't know. It just struck me as odd. I guess it's
>> good at least he bought *something*. What do you think of this?
>
> I got nervous from the moment you said "set a bag on a table then he
> went" ... I'da been making tracks outta there... if I'da been there,
> which I wouldn't and haven't in some 30 years. Why do folks still go
> to those fast food joints, I didn't know billions could become
> addicted
> to shit.
>
> Sheldon

I'm not addicted to shit, dear. I am attending classes this week and rather
than stand outside the locked office for 30 minutes I decided to grab
breakfast a quick cheap breakfast. Anyway, the guy didn't just drop the
back and hoof it out the door; he went up and got coffee. No terrorist
threat there.

My question was, do you think it's odd for someone to bring their own food
into *any* eating establishment, fast food or not?

Jill

"Nancy Young" > writes:

>Only thing I've heard like that is that one time I had lunch with a
>friend, she invited one of her co-workers along, we ordered lunch
>(this was a restaurant complete with wait staff), she ordered a
>glass of iced tea and nothing else. Whipped out a cheese sandwich.
>and proceeded to eat it there.

A former co-worker of mine was so cheap she used to bring concentrated
iced tea mix in a squirt bottle in her purse everywhere she went, then
would order free water and add her own tea to it. It backfired one day
when we went to lunch, the waitress saw tea, gave her refills, and
charged her for it.

Stacia

jmcquown wrote:
>
> My question was, do you think it's odd for someone to bring their own food
> into *any* eating establishment, fast food or not?

It may be illegal, a violation of public health laws... but perhaps
public health wouldn't apply to a fast food joint. It's certainly a
theft of services... I suppose it depends on which state.

Sheldon wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> My question was, do you think it's odd for someone to bring their
>> own food into *any* eating establishment, fast food or not?
>
> It may be illegal, a violation of public health laws... but perhaps
> public health wouldn't apply to a fast food joint. It's certainly a
> theft of services... I suppose it depends on which state.

At the risk of starting a war, how could it be in voliation of public health
laws if the person is consuming the item solely for themselves at one table?
Be that as it may or may not, I did think it was in bad form.

IMHO, which counts for little, this guy should have gotten his coffee to go
and gone to his office and eaten his breakfast at his desk rather than
taking up a table. 50 cent cuppa java and he sat alone at a table for four.

Imagine if this was a fairly nice restaurant. Not four-star, mind you, just
a nice restaurant. Imagine it was lunch or dinnertime, rather than
breakfast hours. If this guy came in, sat at a table or booth for 4,
ordered iced tea or coffee and then whipped out his own complete meal, what
would you think? If you owned or managed the place, how would you react? I
think I'd tell the individual if they wanted to eat their own food they
should do so at home. It's not like you're losing a customer; a customer
who brings their own food into a restaurant really isn't a customer, are
they?

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >>
> >> My question was, do you think it's odd for someone to bring their
> >> own food into *any* eating establishment, fast food or not?
> >
> > It may be illegal, a violation of public health laws... but perhaps
> > public health wouldn't apply to a fast food joint. It's certainly a
> > theft of services... I suppose it depends on which state.
>
> At the risk of starting a war, how could it be in voliation of public health
> laws if the person is consuming the item solely for themselves at one table?

Food could be contaminated, crumbs get dropped, greasy hands smear
furniture, who knows what/how folks cook... I don't permit people to
bring their slop into my house.

jmcquown wrote:
>
> My question was, do you think it's odd for someone to bring their own food
> into *any* eating establishment, fast food or not?
>
Yes, you saw an odd thing. -aem

On Wed 18 Jan 2006 07:51:20p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it jmcquown?

> Sheldon wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> My question was, do you think it's odd for someone to bring their own
>>> food into *any* eating establishment, fast food or not?
>>
>> It may be illegal, a violation of public health laws... but perhaps
>> public health wouldn't apply to a fast food joint. It's certainly a
>> theft of services... I suppose it depends on which state.
>
> At the risk of starting a war, how could it be in voliation of public
> health laws if the person is consuming the item solely for themselves at
> one table? Be that as it may or may not, I did think it was in bad form.
>
> IMHO, which counts for little, this guy should have gotten his coffee to
> go and gone to his office and eaten his breakfast at his desk rather
> than taking up a table. 50 cent cuppa java and he sat alone at a table
> for four.
>
> Imagine if this was a fairly nice restaurant. Not four-star, mind you,
> just a nice restaurant. Imagine it was lunch or dinnertime, rather than
> breakfast hours. If this guy came in, sat at a table or booth for 4,
> ordered iced tea or coffee and then whipped out his own complete meal,
> what would you think? If you owned or managed the place, how would you
> react? I think I'd tell the individual if they wanted to eat their own
> food they should do so at home. It's not like you're losing a customer;
> a customer who brings their own food into a restaurant really isn't a
> customer, are they?

Somehow I think that's a lot less likely to happen. A fast food venue is a
lot different. No wait staff involved, no actual bus people. Basically,
whatever you buy there is self serve from the point of picking it up at the
counter. As long as I'm consuming something I purchased there, I don't see
what the big deal is if I consume something else along with it. Many times
I have seen people buy nothing but coffee and sit with it and a newspaper,
taking up space and as much or more time as someone who had purchased a
complete meal. It's all relative. If I saw that the dining area was
crowded and people were having a problem finding a seat, then that would
make a difference.

--
Wayne Boatwright Õ¿Õ¬
________________________________________

Okay, okay, I take it back! UnScrew you!

"jmcquown" > wrote

> Imagine if this was a fairly nice restaurant. Not four-star, mind you,
> just
> a nice restaurant. Imagine it was lunch or dinnertime, rather than
> breakfast hours. If this guy came in, sat at a table or booth for 4,
> ordered iced tea or coffee and then whipped out his own complete meal,
> what
> would you think?

I *must* have read this in Reader's Digest at some time in the
distant past. Some guy would bring his car in for an oil change
(must have been a small town), he would bring the oil he got
on sale somewhere.

Well, he owned a luncheonette, the guy with the cheap oil.
One day the mechanic came in for breakfast, brought his own
eggs.

I think the upshot was the cheap oil guy got the point.

nancy

jmcquown wrote:

> I was running early this morning (!) so I stopped at Burger King and bought
> a breakfast sandwich and coffee and sat down to eat. I noticed a guy come
> in and set a bag on a table then he went up and ordered a coffee. He went
> back to the table and proceeded to pull a couple of plastic containers out
> of the bag - he'd brought his own breakfast! Is this weird? Perhaps he was
> on a special diet or something, I don't know. It just struck me as odd. I
> guess it's good at least he bought *something*. What do you think of this?
>
> Jill
>
>

A lot of fast food joints around here have signs saying "no outside food
or drink" so apparently it's a common enough occurrance.

--Charlene


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Steve Wertz wrote:
> "Sheldon" wrote:
> >jmcquown wrote:
>
> >> At the risk of starting a war, how could it be in voliation of public health
> >> laws if the person is consuming the item solely for themselves at one table?
> >
> >Food could be contaminated, crumbs get dropped, greasy hands smear
> >furniture, who knows what/how folks cook...
>
> Using that same logic, you may as well outlaw shoes in fast food
> outlets. Heck, and the people wearing them, too.

Maybe in your house yoose all set around with yer feet up on the
furniture... and eat off the floor... filthy uncouth beasts that you
are.

(jmcquown)WROTE:
I was running early this morning (!) so I stopped at Burger King and
bought a breakfast sandwich and coffee and sat down to eat. I noticed a
guy come in and set a bag on a table then he went up and ordered a
coffee. He went back to the table and proceeded to pull a couple of
plastic containers out of the bag - he'd brought his own breakfast! Is
this weird? Perhaps he was on a special diet or something, I don't know.
It just struck me as odd. I guess it's good at least he bought
*something*. What do you think of this?
Jill--------------------------------------------------
RESPONSE: Around my area - Detroit- they will throw your butt out
pulling that bring your own food in to a restaurant & I agree with
owners 100%.
This stunt makes the restaurant look bad plus loss of profits.
Where my b/f works workers aren't allowed to bring their lunches and eat
in front of the customers & I have worked at a number of restaurants
with the same policy. The owners of b/f's employment threw out the
manager and her helpers who are right next door because they were
bringing in their own can pop to drink with their meals because they
didn't like the tap pop.
If on a special diet I would suggest either eating @ home or going to a
restaurant that has special meals.
Fast food restaurant or not that stunt takes a lot nerve.
PS- Glad it wasn't a bomb in that bag as that was the first thought that
went through my mind reading your post.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message news:UACzf.2554> My
question was, do you think it's odd for someone to bring their own food
> into *any* eating establishment, fast food or not?
>
> Jill

Yes, it's weird IMO. Back when I was managing a Pizza Hut (one of my stores
was a dine-in), I had a family come in with a large bag of McDonald's for
their 2 kids. I politely asked them to take the food back out to their car.
The dad got belligerent with me, stating that his kids hadn't *wanted*
pizza, they wanted McDonald's, but the parents wanted pizza, so what was my
problem?

I told him my problem was that I worked for Pizza Hut, not McDonald's. They
stormed out.

Oh well.

Lisa Ann

"jmcquown" > writes:

>breakfast hours. If this guy came in, sat at a table or booth for 4,
>ordered iced tea or coffee and then whipped out his own complete meal, what
>would you think? If you owned or managed the place, how would you react? I
>think I'd tell the individual if they wanted to eat their own food they
>should do so at home.

When I was a waitress we usually asked people who did this to leave.
It's amazing what some people will do out of cheapness. Unless this guy
was an employee just eating his lunch before he went on duty, I don't
know why employees wouldn't have asked him to leave.

Stacia

Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> writes:

>counter. As long as I'm consuming something I purchased there, I don't see
>what the big deal is if I consume something else along with it. Many times
>I have seen people buy nothing but coffee and sit with it and a newspaper,
>taking up space and as much or more time as someone who had purchased a
>complete meal. It's all relative.

I like you, Wayne, but if I went to a BK and saw you sitting there
eating your McDonald's food in a BK booth, I'd roll my eyes at you.
Hard! Grr!
Seriously, though, I don't think it's a huge social taboo or anything
but most places don't appreciate someone eating the competitor's food in
their dining room. I've even been harassed by fast food management for
bringing a reusable cup because I don't like wasting resources by using
a disposable cup every time I go out. It probably depends on the
management and if management doesn't care then ultimately I don't,
either.

Stacia

On Wed 18 Jan 2006 09:49:44p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Glitter
Ninja?

> Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> writes:
>
>>counter. As long as I'm consuming something I purchased there, I don't
>>see what the big deal is if I consume something else along with it.
>>Many times I have seen people buy nothing but coffee and sit with it and
>>a newspaper, taking up space and as much or more time as someone who had
>>purchased a complete meal. It's all relative.
>
> I like you, Wayne, but if I went to a BK and saw you sitting there
> eating your McDonald's food in a BK booth, I'd roll my eyes at you.
> Hard! Grr!
> Seriously, though, I don't think it's a huge social taboo or anything
> but most places don't appreciate someone eating the competitor's food in
> their dining room. I've even been harassed by fast food management for
> bringing a reusable cup because I don't like wasting resources by using
> a disposable cup every time I go out. It probably depends on the
> management and if management doesn't care then ultimately I don't,
> either.

This is not something I do often, in fact I do it quite infrequently. I try
to do it as discretely as possible, and I *always* buy something in the
place where I'm eating. I also never do this when I'm eating alone, only
when I'm with someone else and they're eating only what they ordered from
the place.

I live in Arizona and it's quite common for people to go absolutely
everywhere with a beverage in hand, regardless of where they bought it.
There are a couple of places that serve really nasty iced tea, and that's
the only beverage I drink in a restaurant. If I know I'll be faced with
the horrible stuff, I bring my own and drink it with the food I buy there.
No one thinks a thing about it.

--
Wayne Boatwright Õ¿Õ¬
________________________________________

Okay, okay, I take it back! UnScrew you!

Charlene Charette wrote:

> A lot of fast food joints around here have signs saying "no outside food
> or drink" so apparently it's a common enough occurrance.

Same here, and there is one chain that says it is a violation of public health
regulations. I always thought it was because maintaining a place to eat was part
of their overhead and they didn't want to pay to provide a place for people who
didn't get their food there.

My wife got kicked out of a local MacDonald's for doing that. She used to go for
breakfast after dropping me off at work for 7 am. She hated their decaf coffee
and hd complained about it several times. She started picking up a coffee at Tim
Hortons and taking it to MacDonalds. They warned her a few times and then kicked
her out. Not a problem. They had the chance to make a little money off her on the
eggs but they wanted to make money on the eggs and the coffee, and they probably
make a lot more on coffee than they do on eggs. They could have made better
coffee. So now they make nothing off her.

jmcquown wrote:
> I was running early this morning (!) so I stopped at Burger King and bought
> a breakfast sandwich and coffee and sat down to eat. I noticed a guy come
> in and set a bag on a table then he went up and ordered a coffee. He went
> back to the table and proceeded to pull a couple of plastic containers out
> of the bag - he'd brought his own breakfast! Is this weird? Perhaps he was
> on a special diet or something, I don't know. It just struck me as odd. I
> guess it's good at least he bought *something*. What do you think of this?
>
> Jill

This topic brought back memories...

A few years back, some co-workers and I had our own on-going
competitive eating challenge (we called it, "The Gabby's Challenge") at
a Gabby's Diner we oft' frequented at lunchtime . On competition days,
each competitor had to order the "kitchen sink" version of the
chili-cheeseburger w/chili-fries and large shake. Once eaten,
additional food items could be ordered to "up the anti". One day a
fellow competitor brought into Gabby's a roasted chicken, a bag of
Chips-ahoy Chocolate chip cookies and a gallon of milk. He started the
challenge (while waiting for his chili-burger/chili-fries order) by
eating the roasted chicken, he then ate the required chili-burger/fries
plate and lastly, he requested a pitcher and a large soup spoon from
the waitress... intrigued, she brought the requested items to which he
then proceeded to dump the bag of cookies into the pitcher, poured in
the gallon of milk, then use the soup spoon to scoop them into his
mouth. Shockingly, he was able to drain the cookie/milk sludge in about
15 minutes. Needless to say, he was and still is the reigning champion
of "The Gabby's Challenge" and not once did the workers of Gabby's ever
complain. kev

Why make such a big to do about nothing,d'ont you have something better
to talk about?

On Thu 19 Jan 2006 08:12:51a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it kevnbro?

> jmcquown wrote:
>> I was running early this morning (!) so I stopped at Burger King and
>> bought a breakfast sandwich and coffee and sat down to eat. I noticed
>> a guy come in and set a bag on a table then he went up and ordered a
>> coffee. He went back to the table and proceeded to pull a couple of
>> plastic containers out of the bag - he'd brought his own breakfast! Is
>> this weird? Perhaps he was on a special diet or something, I don't
>> know. It just struck me as odd. I guess it's good at least he bought
>> *something*. What do you think of this?
>>
>> Jill
>
> This topic brought back memories...
>
> A few years back, some co-workers and I had our own on-going
> competitive eating challenge (we called it, "The Gabby's Challenge") at
> a Gabby's Diner we oft' frequented at lunchtime . On competition days,
> each competitor had to order the "kitchen sink" version of the
> chili-cheeseburger w/chili-fries and large shake. Once eaten,
> additional food items could be ordered to "up the anti". One day a
> fellow competitor brought into Gabby's a roasted chicken, a bag of
> Chips-ahoy Chocolate chip cookies and a gallon of milk. He started the
> challenge (while waiting for his chili-burger/chili-fries order) by
> eating the roasted chicken, he then ate the required chili-burger/fries
> plate and lastly, he requested a pitcher and a large soup spoon from
> the waitress... intrigued, she brought the requested items to which he
> then proceeded to dump the bag of cookies into the pitcher, poured in
> the gallon of milk, then use the soup spoon to scoop them into his
> mouth. Shockingly, he was able to drain the cookie/milk sludge in about
> 15 minutes. Needless to say, he was and still is the reigning champion
> of "The Gabby's Challenge" and not once did the workers of Gabby's ever
> complain. kev

What a sickko hog! They probably didn't say anything for fear of being
eaten!

--
Wayne Boatwright Õ¿Õ¬
________________________________________

Okay, okay, I take it back! UnScrew you!

Duh'Wayne Boatwright boasted:
>
> I live in Arizona and it's quite common for people to go absolutely
> everywhere with a beverage in hand, regardless of where they bought it.
> There are a couple of places that serve really nasty iced tea, and that's
> the only beverage I drink in a restaurant. If I know I'll be faced with
> the horrible stuff, I bring my own and drink it with the food I buy there.
> No one thinks a thing about it.

Some portions of the US are obviously less civilized... I don't think
Arizona has as of yet passed its trial status period for statehood, and
with how things are progressing you are probably very soon going to
need a *Mexican* green card.

In the northeast most establishments post signs saying:
"No food or beverages permitted"
"Shoes and Shirts required"
"No Smoking", natcherly.

Not because they choose to, it's the law.

I really don't want to shop at say the local mega pharmacy and pick up
a bottle of shampoo that's all iky with squirted ketchup transferred
from you biting into your burger, or have to look through greeting
cards all stained from you dribbling your tea any more than I want to
be confronted with your pleurisy afflicted sunken in unwashed cootie
infested bare chest, and I certainly don't want to spend the rest of
the day replaying images of your filthy-cheesey stinkin' hammer toes.

All I can say is that in NYC there is a health department and eateries
are inspected, often, and must pass muster to remain open... there it's
illegal to bring ones own food/drink into any establishment that serves
food, not even into the movies.... and has little to do with economic
reasons, it's an obvious health risk... anyone can't see that is
retarded. For yoose furiners, one can always tell when you've entered
the retarded portions of the US... you find Tex-Mex joints predominate,
and all of a sudden you find grits on the menu, fact!

Once an establishment (any establishment) begins making exceptions it
very quickly becomes the rule (that's why the employee handbook does
not permit certain fraternizing in the work place... wouldn't be too
very long everyone would spend their entire lunch hour gamahuching in
their cubicles). Many a fine eatery in the US has shut down and/or has
been shut down due to the bums coming in out of the cold/heat with
disease ridden food they scavenged from dumpsters and proceed to
concoct soup in cups they help themselves to with free hot water from
the tap and spray their spittle all about... that's the real reason why
there aren't any more Automats and very few Cafeterias... which of
course were the fast food joints of yesteryear, only far, far more
refined. I suppose in Arizona (and Tenn too) it's normal to walk into
a fast food rest room and encounter a syphalitic wino/crackhead or
three collapsed on the floor, reminds you of home.

I for one can't imagine anyone too classy choosing to eat a meal they
brought from home inside any fast food joint... to me such an
individual is highly suspect as to they not ten minutes ago wiped thier
butt with bare hand... I mean why would a normal person choose to dine
in close proximity to some rug rat who at any moment is gonna pollute
their space with the tangy aroma of a giant dump in its nappy... I
can't fathom why fast food joints even exist, except it proves how the
vast majority of folks are low life no account pinheads. I'd choose
the park bench to dine on my ham sammich with the squirrels and
pigeons, I'd rather go without than eat with the unfettered masses in
some filthy, noisy, stinky fast food emporium.

There's something the matter with your brain, Duh'Wayne... it's down to
its last few functioning cells.

Sheldon

Sheldon wrote:

> Many a fine eatery in the US has shut down and/or has
> been shut down due to the bums coming in out of the cold/heat with
> disease ridden food they scavenged from dumpsters and proceed to
> concoct soup in cups they help themselves to with free hot water from
> the tap and spray their spittle all about... that's the real reason why
> there aren't any more Automats and very few Cafeterias...


That's why I put the nix on eating at boo - fays and salad bars, too many
slobs out there. And it doesn't matter if it's the Olde Kuntry Boo - fay
out off the interstate in Bedbug, Oklahoma or the $49.95 Sunday Brunch at
the Ritz or the Four Seasons on Quality Avenue, the danger of contamination
is still the same...

Anf if ya wanna get into REAL "Eeeeew" territory consider those baskets of
bar snax at yer local groggery...disgusting!

--
Best
Greg

"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
> On 18 Jan 2006 18:24:38 -0800, "Sheldon" >
> wrote:
>
>>It may be illegal, a violation of public health laws... but perhaps
>>public health wouldn't apply to a fast food joint. It's certainly a
>>theft of services... I suppose it depends on which state.
>
> <boggle> How could this possibly be a violation of any laws? Maybe
> Burger King laws, but there are no laws being violated, health
> wise or criminal.
>

In Maryland (or was it just one county in Maryland?), it would violate
public health laws. I've brought baby/toddler food into several Maryland
restaurants without problems, so I don't think it's often enforced.
However, I've been to a one place where they have signs posted stating that
it violates public health laws to bring outside food in. I didn't notice
the signs until they were pointed out to me by waitstaff, who then told me
that I couldn't feed my child the yogurt or Cheerios or whatever.


Chris

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 04:40:57 GMT, "Lisa Ann" >
wrote:

>
>"jmcquown" > wrote in message news:UACzf.2554> My
>question was, do you think it's odd for someone to bring their own food
>> into *any* eating establishment, fast food or not?
>>
>> Jill
>
>Yes, it's weird IMO. Back when I was managing a Pizza Hut (one of my stores
>was a dine-in), I had a family come in with a large bag of McDonald's for
>their 2 kids. I politely asked them to take the food back out to their car.
>The dad got belligerent with me, stating that his kids hadn't *wanted*
>pizza, they wanted McDonald's, but the parents wanted pizza, so what was my
>problem?
>
>I told him my problem was that I worked for Pizza Hut, not McDonald's. They
>stormed out.

I can't say that I've ever done this before, but personally, I don't
see anything particularly wrong with it. I have been known on occasion
to get carry out from several places when we couldn't agree on what to
have for dinner. Sometimes different family members want different
things. <shrugs> As long as they order something from the restaurant
in which they're actually eating and local health codes don't prohibit
it, what's the big deal? I don't really blame the family you talk
about for being irritated. If I'd been in their shoes, that would have
been the last time we ever dined at any Pizza Hut.

Regards,
Tracy R.

Chris wrote:

> "Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>On 18 Jan 2006 18:24:38 -0800, "Sheldon" >
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>It may be illegal, a violation of public health laws... but perhaps
>>>public health wouldn't apply to a fast food joint. It's certainly a
>>>theft of services... I suppose it depends on which state.
>>
>><boggle> How could this possibly be a violation of any laws? Maybe
>>Burger King laws, but there are no laws being violated, health
>>wise or criminal.
>>
>
>
> In Maryland (or was it just one county in Maryland?), it would violate
> public health laws. I've brought baby/toddler food into several Maryland
> restaurants without problems, so I don't think it's often enforced.
> However, I've been to a one place where they have signs posted stating that
> it violates public health laws to bring outside food in. I didn't notice
> the signs until they were pointed out to me by waitstaff, who then told me
> that I couldn't feed my child the yogurt or Cheerios or whatever.
>
>
> Chris
>
>
Think about it from the restaurant's perspective. They need to conform
to the public health laws or else they are fined and/or shut down.
People who bring their own food into their establishment jeapordize the
restaurant's compliance and worse the restaurant has *no* control over
the safety of this food. So what is to say Joe Blow brings in his own
potatoes but the potatoes were off then Joe Blow gets sick and blames
the sickness on the food in the restaurant, then you end up with a nice
law suit. So even the restaurant's lawyers would advise against the
practice of allowing outside food in. The biggest thing that some here
haven't mentioned is restaurants are *private* enterprizes. True they
invite the public in *but* they maintain the right to set the rules and
refuse service at any time. You as a customer, have a certain
responsibility. IMO it is not only wrong but rude to bring your own
food into a restaurant.

BTW, we saw an even odder thing. DH & I stopped for a late breakfast
while on the road. The way you paid was take the bill to the cashier.
No problem There were about 5 people in front of us then DH and myself
when this guy came up behind to DH's left. He gave me a push enough
that DH caught me from falling and proceeded out the door. A couple of
minutes later a very frustrated waitress came up and said the guy had
skipped on the bill - steak & eggs at $8! He must have waited for a
line-up then took advantage of it. Jeesh! As we were getting into our
vehicle, we spotted the guy. DH placed a couple of curses on him while
I slipped his license plate number to the cashier.

Gregory Morrow wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
>
>
>> Many a fine eatery in the US has shut down and/or has
>>been shut down due to the bums coming in out of the cold/heat with
>>disease ridden food they scavenged from dumpsters and proceed to
>>concoct soup in cups they help themselves to with free hot water from
>>the tap and spray their spittle all about... that's the real reason why
>>there aren't any more Automats and very few Cafeterias...
>
>
>
> That's why I put the nix on eating at boo - fays and salad bars, too many
> slobs out there. And it doesn't matter if it's the Olde Kuntry Boo - fay
> out off the interstate in Bedbug, Oklahoma or the $49.95 Sunday Brunch at
> the Ritz or the Four Seasons on Quality Avenue, the danger of contamination
> is still the same...
>

Glad to see I am not the only one that won't eat food like that :P When
I was in high school, my best friends family used to go to those all you
can eat joints all the time...I went a few times, but when I realized
that there was no ordering from the menu and I had to eat the food that
everyone else was digging into - I stopped going. I still don't eat
food that is served buffet. And the funny thing is how many people
think it is "odd" that I will order a meal from the menu when the buffet
is "all-you-can-eat" and cheaper.

Roberta (in VA)


> Anf if ya wanna get into REAL "Eeeeew" territory consider those baskets of
> bar snax at yer local groggery...disgusting!
>

"Michael "Dog3" Lonergan" > wrote in message
...

> He may be on a special diet. He might be on a very strict budget. He
> might be just a little off in the head. I don't find it particularly odd.
> Sometimes I take my own salad dressing to add to salads when I'm eating
> out
> to avoid fat content in restaurant dressings.


I've done that a few times, too. There's a restaurant near my house that my
family loves. I don't like it because they don't have anything healthy (and
their *unhealthy* food is so darn good and the portions so big that it's too
easy to pig out on it once you've started on it). The only healthy thing
they offer is a grilled chicken salad, but their dressings are terrible
(I've tried them all). So sometimes I bring my own and use it discretely.
Other times, I give in to the big greasy burger and fries. :-)

C

"~patches~" > wrote in message
...
> Chris wrote:
>
>> "Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>>On 18 Jan 2006 18:24:38 -0800, "Sheldon" >
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>It may be illegal, a violation of public health laws... but perhaps
>>>>public health wouldn't apply to a fast food joint. It's certainly a
>>>>theft of services... I suppose it depends on which state.
>>>
>>><boggle> How could this possibly be a violation of any laws? Maybe
>>>Burger King laws, but there are no laws being violated, health
>>>wise or criminal.
>>>
>>
>>
>> In Maryland (or was it just one county in Maryland?), it would violate
>> public health laws. I've brought baby/toddler food into several Maryland
>> restaurants without problems, so I don't think it's often enforced.
>> However, I've been to a one place where they have signs posted stating
>> that it violates public health laws to bring outside food in. I didn't
>> notice the signs until they were pointed out to me by waitstaff, who then
>> told me that I couldn't feed my child the yogurt or Cheerios or whatever.
>>
>>
>> Chris
> Think about it from the restaurant's perspective. They need to conform to
> the public health laws or else they are fined and/or shut down.

Oh, I understand it just fine. And I certainly wouldn't bring my own
sandwich into Burger King (though I do confess to bringing my own dressing
to Foster's Grille occasionally). But with a baby or very young toddler,
it's different. You just don't know if there's going to be anything they
can eat.

But let's not start the 'kids in restaurants' discussion again. The group
has done that one to death!

Chris

Chris wrote:
> "Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 18 Jan 2006 18:24:38 -0800, "Sheldon" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >>It may be illegal, a violation of public health laws... but perhaps
> >>public health wouldn't apply to a fast food joint. It's certainly a
> >>theft of services... I suppose it depends on which state.
> >
> > <boggle> How could this possibly be a violation of any laws? Maybe
> > Burger King laws, but there are no laws being violated, health
> > wise or criminal.
> >
>
> In Maryland (or was it just one county in Maryland?), it would violate
> public health laws. I've brought baby/toddler food into several Maryland
> restaurants without problems, so I don't think it's often enforced.
> However, I've been to a one place where they have signs posted stating that
> it violates public health laws to bring outside food in. I didn't notice
> the signs until they were pointed out to me by waitstaff, who then told me
> that I couldn't feed my child the yogurt or Cheerios or whatever.

Or whatever? I don't mind one bit if any yoose wimmens wanna flop one
out and have the tot latch on... and yes I do look, I'm normal.
Whenever I see people avert their gaze I just know they wanna look too
but they fight it... why.. they are not normal. I think it's a
beautiful thing... I look at wildflowers and wild animals too, even
have a high powered spotting scope always at the ready... too bad since
moving out here in the sticks I have no more windows to peep, I've seen
some great shows in the burbs.

Restaurants don't enfoce the bringing-in food laws for jarred baby
food, baby bottles, or au natural feeding, simply because those laws
don't apply in those particular cases, those foods are considered
sterile.

Sheldon

Dave Smith wrote:
> Charlene Charette wrote:
>
> > A lot of fast food joints around here have signs saying "no outside food
> > or drink" so apparently it's a common enough occurrance.
>
> Same here, and there is one chain that says it is a violation of public health
> regulations. I always thought it was because maintaining a place to eat was part
> of their overhead and they didn't want to pay to provide a place for people who
> didn't get their food there.
>
> My wife got kicked out of a local MacDonald's for doing that. She used to go for
> breakfast after dropping me off at work for 7 am. She hated their decaf coffee
> and hd complained about it several times. She started picking up a coffee at Tim
> Hortons and taking it to MacDonalds. They warned her a few times and then kicked
> her out. Not a problem. They had the chance to make a little money off her on the
> eggs but they wanted to make money on the eggs and the coffee, and they probably
> make a lot more on coffee than they do on eggs. They could have made better
> coffee. So now they make nothing off her.

Yeah, like McDs is gonna miss that business.

>What a sickko hog! They probably didn't say anything for fear of being
eaten!

>Wayne Boatwright Õ¿Õ¬

Fotunately Wayne for both he and the rest of us, this occured back in
the mid-90's. I think he has since toned down his eating habits. kev

>Restaurants don't enfoce the bringing-in food laws for jarred baby
>food, baby bottles, or au natural feeding, simply because those laws
>don't apply in those particular cases, those foods are considered
>sterile.

>Sheldon

Yes i'm sure that snot-highway connecting a 2 year-olds nostrils to
her graham cracker is sterile. kev

On Thu 19 Jan 2006 01:24:19p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it kevnbro?

>>What a sickko hog! They probably didn't say anything for fear of being
>>eaten!
>
>>Wayne Boatwright Õ¿Õ¬
>
> Fotunately Wayne for both he and the rest of us, this occured back in
> the mid-90's. I think he has since toned down his eating habits. kev
>
>

Thankfully time does often mellow one's behavior. <g>

--
Wayne Boatwright Õ¿Õ¬
________________________________________

Okay, okay, I take it back! UnScrew you!

Chris wrote:

> "~patches~" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Chris wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>>
>>>>On 18 Jan 2006 18:24:38 -0800, "Sheldon" >
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>It may be illegal, a violation of public health laws... but perhaps
>>>>>public health wouldn't apply to a fast food joint. It's certainly a
>>>>>theft of services... I suppose it depends on which state.
>>>>
>>>><boggle> How could this possibly be a violation of any laws? Maybe
>>>>Burger King laws, but there are no laws being violated, health
>>>>wise or criminal.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>In Maryland (or was it just one county in Maryland?), it would violate
>>>public health laws. I've brought baby/toddler food into several Maryland
>>>restaurants without problems, so I don't think it's often enforced.
>>>However, I've been to a one place where they have signs posted stating
>>>that it violates public health laws to bring outside food in. I didn't
>>>notice the signs until they were pointed out to me by waitstaff, who then
>>>told me that I couldn't feed my child the yogurt or Cheerios or whatever.
>>>
>>>
>>>Chris
>>
>>Think about it from the restaurant's perspective. They need to conform to
>>the public health laws or else they are fined and/or shut down.
>
>
> Oh, I understand it just fine. And I certainly wouldn't bring my own
> sandwich into Burger King (though I do confess to bringing my own dressing
> to Foster's Grille occasionally). But with a baby or very young toddler,
> it's different. You just don't know if there's going to be anything they
> can eat.
>
> But let's not start the 'kids in restaurants' discussion again. The group
> has done that one to death!
>
> Chris
>
>
>
AFAIK, I wasn't starting the kids in restaurants discussion. I don't
care one iota about kids in restaurants as long as they aren't
disruptive and sitting right beside us AND that is coming from a mother
who raised kids. My stance is that restaurants are private places, that
invite the public in to eat, and as such it is them who make the rules.
Bringing your own food in is rude, IMOl. Bringing your own salad
dressing or something special like a sweetener is different if you have
a special needs diet.

"Roberta" > wrote in message
news:UzRzf.76589$4l5.56300@dukeread05...
> Gregory Morrow wrote:
>> Sheldon wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Many a fine eatery in the US has shut down and/or has
>>>been shut down due to the bums coming in out of the cold/heat with
>>>disease ridden food they scavenged from dumpsters and proceed to
>>>concoct soup in cups they help themselves to with free hot water from
>>>the tap and spray their spittle all about... that's the real reason why
>>>there aren't any more Automats and very few Cafeterias...
>>
>>
>>
>> That's why I put the nix on eating at boo - fays and salad bars, too many
>> slobs out there. And it doesn't matter if it's the Olde Kuntry Boo - fay
>> out off the interstate in Bedbug, Oklahoma or the $49.95 Sunday Brunch at
>> the Ritz or the Four Seasons on Quality Avenue, the danger of
>> contamination
>> is still the same...
>>
>
> Glad to see I am not the only one that won't eat food like that :P When I
> was in high school, my best friends family used to go to those all you can
> eat joints all the time...I went a few times, but when I realized that
> there was no ordering from the menu and I had to eat the food that
> everyone else was digging into - I stopped going. I still don't eat food
> that is served buffet. And the funny thing is how many people think it is
> "odd" that I will order a meal from the menu when the buffet is
> "all-you-can-eat" and cheaper.
>
> Roberta (in VA)

Roberta, I have seen in Golden Corral waitresses going to the buffet bar to
get the food that they then deliver to the customer who has ordered from the
menu.
However, I don't eat at Golden Corral anymore, so this has been 2-3 years
ago.
Even the two Asian all-you-can-eat buffets that I really liked here, I
started getting creeped-out watching some of the clientele, so I stopped
going to them, too.
In March Olive Garden is coming to Winchester. I wonder how long it will
last for me.

P.S. I bought a package of frozen ravioli's from Costco -- mushroom-filled
ravioli's -- boy do they taste yukky! I've eaten two so far, and DH has had
to be the dog in this particularpurchase. Tonight I'm going to cook up
another batch and put a little (what I call, Alfredo) sauce on them to give
DH a break. Easy dinner, frozen broccoli with the sauce over it, and open a
foil of Portlock Salmon. Perhaps some Trader Joe's wine/not Charles Shaw.
Dee Dee

> BTW, we saw an even odder thing. DH & I stopped for a late breakfast
> while on the road. The way you paid was take the bill to the cashier. No
> problem There were about 5 people in front of us then DH and myself when
> this guy came up behind to DH's left. He gave me a push enough that DH
> caught me from falling and proceeded out the door. A couple of minutes
> later a very frustrated waitress came up and said the guy had skipped on
> the bill - steak & eggs at $8! He must have waited for a line-up then
> took advantage of it. Jeesh! As we were getting into our vehicle, we
> spotted the guy. DH placed a couple of curses on him while I slipped his
> license plate number to the cashier.

It could've been a stolen car.
But, what people will do for $8 --
Too bad the police were not in the restaurant eating. But they would be too
obvious for a jerk like that to do such a thing. Undercover, I mean.
Dee Dee

"Michael "Dog3" Lonergan" > wrote in message
...
> "jmcquown" > looking for trouble wrote in
> :
>
>> I was running early this morning (!) so I stopped at Burger King and
>> bought a breakfast sandwich and coffee and sat down to eat. I noticed
>> a guy come in and set a bag on a table then he went up and ordered a
>> coffee. He went back to the table and proceeded to pull a couple of
>> plastic containers out of the bag - he'd brought his own breakfast!
>> Is this weird? Perhaps he was on a special diet or something, I don't
>> know. It just struck me as odd. I guess it's good at least he bought
>> *something*. What do you think of this?
>>
>> Jill

One time in a book store downtown Montreal I saw a woman order a cup of hot
water. (She was sitting two stools down from me.) They gave it to her free
of charge. Now, I don't have any idea whether this was a policy to do this
or not, supplying a cup of water -- beats the heck out of me. But she took
out of her purse a tea bag and dipped it into the hot water. This must've
been a daily practice because the chit/chat at the serving bar was something
to the effect that she does this EVERYDAY! and what are we going to do about
it -- I guess the thought never occurred to them to NOT give her the hot
water, so it must've been a policy to give hot water.
This particular day I guess they'd had enough, and the security guard came
over and got her off her stool, but not before a long and interesting
conversation had taken place as to why she was doing this.

I know this isn't the topic, but in Border's and Barnes & Noble, 'lookers'
always have a stack of books or magazines, leaving their little crumbs and
spittle, maybe greasy fingers, cough-ups - yes, I'm getting carried away! -
inside the books or mags. I don't know if I'm beating the system when I
purchase a book from the back of the stack or if it will be the one with the
little items left by the reader at the coffee table.
Dee Dee