Comments on: Ask The Gal http://www.restaurantgal.com/2006/06/ask-the-gal/ Scenes from the podium...one pager at a time. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:18:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: sapiophile http://www.restaurantgal.com/2006/06/ask-the-gal/comment-page-1/#comment-256 sapiophile Sat, 10 Jun 2006 01:49:20 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=78#comment-256 I have three little kids. They make a mess and a noise wherever we go. We do avoid fancy restaurants, but we do frequent "family oriented" places like Applebees and so forth. I wish I could clean up after the mess they make but I actually figure the <i>faster</i> we get out of the restaurant, the happier the waitstaff and other patrons will be, so instead we just leave a big honkin' tip. "Here's 15% for serving us, and 15% more for cleaning up after us...and another buck or two for not choking when my son emptied 16 packets of Sweet n Low onto his plate and dipped his chicken nuggets in it." I have three little kids. They make a mess and a noise wherever we go. We do avoid fancy restaurants, but we do frequent “family oriented” places like Applebees and so forth. I wish I could clean up after the mess they make but I actually figure the faster we get out of the restaurant, the happier the waitstaff and other patrons will be, so instead we just leave a big honkin’ tip. “Here’s 15% for serving us, and 15% more for cleaning up after us…and another buck or two for not choking when my son emptied 16 packets of Sweet n Low onto his plate and dipped his chicken nuggets in it.”

]]> By: Restaurant Gal http://www.restaurantgal.com/2006/06/ask-the-gal/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Restaurant Gal Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:07:21 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=78#comment-246 Natalie--A mom after my own heart! --The Gal Natalie–A mom after my own heart!

–The Gal

]]> By: Natalie http://www.restaurantgal.com/2006/06/ask-the-gal/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Natalie Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:47:00 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=78#comment-242 I rarely eat at fancy restaurants, and when I do it's rarely with the kids. My 3 year old can handle it. But my one year-old is too intent on exploring the world and loudly expressing her opinions. =) When I go out to eat, I want to <em>eat.</em> I rarely eat at fancy restaurants, and when I do it’s rarely with the kids. My 3 year old can handle it. But my one year-old is too intent on exploring the world and loudly expressing her opinions. =) When I go out to eat, I want to eat.

]]> By: Bass Player http://www.restaurantgal.com/2006/06/ask-the-gal/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Bass Player Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:18:30 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=78#comment-239 Tragically, RG, the parents who truly need to heed this advice will either never see it or think it doesn't apply to them. Tragically, RG, the parents who truly need to heed this advice will either never see it or think it doesn’t apply to them.

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