A matter of significant financial concern – want fries with that?

Went out to dinner the other night with another couple. Connie an I ordered and then the others. “We’re going to split a meal,” the wife said.

Okay, won’t be dining with them again.  I think that is rude and unfair to the sever and the restaurant. Just about as rude as the people who finish their meal, pay their check and then sit and talk at the table while a score of folks stand about waiting for their turn. 

If you can’t pay for two meals, don’t go out to eat. If you can’t eat a full meal do as we do on occasion. Ask for a take-away box before you start the meal or certainly after your have eaten your fill. 

The server and the restaurant are counting on providing a meal to each person seated. Splitting a meal robs them of income. 

The last time we ate out I ordered meatballs and pasta. There were two very large meatballs and lots of pasta. There was no way I could eat it all so half went to waste. I couldn’t take it home as we were staying in a hotel. 

When I mentioned the size to the server she said, “yeah, they are really big, but you could have asked for a smaller portion.” Could I now? That information would have been nice before I ordered or maybe noted on the menu. That’s not fair either. 

As I wrote perviously on these pages, we waste a lot of food.