Huh? Touched a nerve? Really, by an anonymous online forum poster? Has it happened to you? |
Usually when someone orders a meal and eats some of it, it's their leftovers, not the person who paid for it. |
I wouldn't say something, it's once a year ![]() |
He's 14. Take him somewhere cheaper, for God's sake. He'd probably rather have pizza. |
If it's my grandson's lobster and he's left most of it and doesn't want it then sure, I'd take it home. It's not like it's from the next table. We eat lobster a lot in the summer at our summer place and often save the leftovers for the next day - omelets, salad, lobster rolls. It's usually served plain so it's basically just cooked lobster. It can be served cold so does not lose texture in reheating or whatever. If the grandson or parents want it that's fine too - I got the impression that OP was concerned about waste so as long as someone is taking it home who cares. |
It's rude to invite someone out to dinner, ask him to order, and then complain about what he ordered. All of us in my family, kids included, get individual apps and entrees (and we're slim, if it matters). |
-2. I love eating with my grandma because of this. |
I'm all for not wasting food but it's his birthday for crying out loud. Let him enjoy what he wants to eat even if it means he doesn't finish. If you don't like seeing the food wasted take it home or let him take it home. One of my grandmothers was just like this when I was growing up, she'd always watch everyone's plate to make sure we all finished our food. I'm not close to the grandmother at all and I hated eating at her house. If you want to ruin a good relationship with your grandson go ahead and say something. If you want to enjoy a loving relationship don't say anything about what he eats during what is supposed to be a special meal for him on a special day. |
You're putting your guest in an impossibly awkward position. I wouldn't feel comfortable saying "I want my own", but I'd resent you. |
Hehe, you missed. Vanity sizing is recent, so if she's an "old" size 2, she's actually a 00 now. |
I agree, take him somewhere cheaper. It sounds like his parents are not going to say anything. If he asks why he is going someplace else, then you bring up the waste at the expensive restaurant. |
Actually, you are quite wrong. Higher end restaurants are shrinking portions while raising prices to cover the insane rise in food costs; especially, steak houses because the cost of beef is like a runaway train. An order of steak frites at Mon Ami Gabi is 1/2 the size it was 10 years ago. The sides at the Palm or Ruth's are smaller, the shrimp in the appetizers aren't quite as large, the desserts are certainly smaller. |
I completely agree with this, OP. The kid is a spoiled brat and his parents are the enablers. Our kids are 8 and 5 and we do take them out to very nice restaurants as well, but we tell them up front what things cost and that they cannot get the most expensive thing on the menu. I don't care that it's his birthday or whatever. It is extremely rude behavior. That said, I'm hoping that you do wrap up the uneaten food and take it home. |
If it is a once a year occurrence, I would not say anything. His parents may be raising him to be wasteful, but he is their kid, and unfortunately, they get to decide how to raise him. If you feel that you are becoming part of something that you oppose, do something different for his birthday. You are certainly not obligated to take him out to such fancy dinners. |
If you can afford to take them to fancy restaurants and they actually eat the food, what difference does it make if they order the most expensive things on the menu on some occasions? |