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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I try to go out to dinner at least twice a week because I work from home and it's very isolating.  We bring our six month old.  At the first sign of trouble, we leave.  We have about a 70% complete dinner success rate.  Lately it's been bothering me though that we sometimes have to ask our waiter to box up our food.  We tip well (25%+) but is it rude to go out to dinner knowing about a third of the time we'll have to have everything packed up?  I've never been a waitress, so I really have no idea if we're being a pain to the staff.[/quote]

Wait, you're upset that you have to ASK the server to box things up?  I can tell you as a former server that if you had started your meal, and the restaurant was busy, it may or may not have occurred to me that you wanted your food to go.  When you ask for the check, ask to have the food boxed up as well.  A good server on the top of their game will have already thought of that, but it's silly to set yourself up for delays or to get annoyed by not asking.  It's not rude to ask or need things boxed up, but servers aren't always mind-readers.

Also, I hope you are at least on occasion trying to bring the baby outside for a minute, settle baby, and bring him or her back in.  The first sign of trouble may just mean it's time to break out the toys or pick baby up for a minute... I wouldn't bolt unless it was clear that the situation was going to take more than 1-2 minutes to get back under control. [/quote]

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