Anonymous wrote:If tuition is such a financial stretch that you are worried about what others are paying then I'd encourage you to look at public school. Everyone pays according to their income and, better yet, it's subsidized by people (aka taxpayers) who don't even have children in the school.

+1 Public schools are funded by taxpayers equally, either, OP. Why are you so bitter about this? You frankly sound like a racist/xenophobic who resents poor, brown people having help to attend your school. What a shitty attitude to harbor toward children, who can't control who they were born to.

Anonymous wrote:@ The Palm, Prime Rib etc.

I save money leading up to it, cut back on vacations, Christmas presents, Birthdays, whatever.

I get to said place, and discover that other patrons there are eating free. Same food, same service, but no cost to them.

Should I accept this? Oh, and my bill is larger than I thought, because I had the privelige of dining in the same room as a Diverse room.

This is reality. Enough of this PC bullshit

You should have done your research beforehand. Personal responsibility!

Also, consider using the money to open your own restaurant.

It is just funny that you think everybody is treated the same at a restaurant and everybody pays for their meal.

Don't go to a Chinese restaurant, they won't even give you the real menu.

Anonymous wrote:Let's suppose I run a restaurant. I choose to charge most people the full menu price, but I choose to give other people discounts for various reasons. Then some jerk comes in and argues that I have to give him the cheapest price I'm charging any one else. Does he get to tell me how to run my restaurant, or is this still free market America?

And bonus points for the apostrophe.

Let's suppose I run a restaurant. I choose to charge most people the full menu price, but I choose to give other people discounts for various reasons. Then some jerk comes in and argues that I have to give him the cheapest price I'm charging any one else. Does he get to tell me how to run my restaurant, or is this still free market America?

You realize that this happens all the time - hotel rooms, plane flights, clothing. There are discounts and sales and special rates all the time. If you think it would suit your child to be in school with only rich kids, find a nice public school in a fancy suburb.

Anonymous wrote:@ The Palm, Prime Rib etc.

I save money leading up to it, cut back on vacations, Christmas presents, Birthdays, whatever.

I get to said place, and discover that other patrons there are eating free. Same food, same service, but no cost to them.

Should I accept this? Oh, and my bill is larger than I thought, because I had the privelige of dining in the same room as a Diverse room.

This is reality. Enough of this PC bullshit

That's up to you. If you want to accept it, then accept it. If you don't want to accept it, then make a different choice -- go to a different restaurant, cook at home, hire a cook, spend the money on vacations/Christmas presents/birthdays after all. That's the free market at work.

OP, part of the dining experience is richness of the conversation that comes from diners of all backgrounds and experiences. It's not just about the food that the waiters serve you, but about the way the tables are arranged so as to mix up the diners and promote enlightening conversations. The owners of the restaurant recognize that not all diners can afford their restaurant, but they want that richness that diversity brings to their table conversations, and so they offer their meals at a discounted or even free rate to some.

All diners know this going in. Some have more money than they know what to do with, and some save and scrimp to eat there. But they feel it's worth it because the food and the service AND the rich conversation from the many and varied diners makes it a completely wonderful dining experience. There is no resentment on their part that others do not pay because they recognize the value those others bring AND they're not petty morons.

That sums up private school

Anonymous wrote:@ The Palm, Prime Rib etc.

I save money leading up to it, cut back on vacations, Christmas presents, Birthdays, whatever.

I get to said place, and discover that other patrons there are eating free. Same food, same service, but no cost to them.

Should I accept this? Oh, and my bill is larger than I thought, because I had the privelige of dining in the same room as a Diverse room.

This is reality. Enough of this PC bullshit

are you a moron?

If tuition is such a financial stretch that you are worried about what others are paying then I'd encourage you to look at public school. Everyone pays according to their income and, better yet, it's subsidized by people (aka taxpayers) who don't even have children in the school.

If I was unhappy, I'd go elsewhere.

It's really not the same. But I'm guessing it's not worth trying to explain that to you since you used a stupid analogy to begin with.

If you don't feel the food you received was worth the price you paid, it sounds like you should leave the restaurant. Unless you can buy into the ownership of the restaurant, in which case you would be in a position to change the restaurant's policy.

@ The Palm, Prime Rib etc.

I save money leading up to it, cut back on vacations, Christmas presents, Birthdays, whatever.

I get to said place, and discover that other patrons there are eating free. Same food, same service, but no cost to them.

Should I accept this? Oh, and my bill is larger than I thought, because I had the privelige of dining in the same room as a Diverse room.

This is reality. Enough of this PC bullshit