large booking at restaurant- how to split the bill?

NewShadow

Feral_Moon wrote: »

I'm not posting this !!!! for any firm of sympathy. I don't even get that !!!! from family. Just don't judge me or some of the comments I might make with ought understanding why.

Sorry you're life's a bit !!!! right now.

I honestly hope it gets better soon, and I understand you might not be feeling all that empathetic atm - but understand everyone else is also dealing with !!!! and you'll get about as much niceness out of any discussion as you put into it.

If you think the people posting here have too much time on their hands, and you've so much that needs doing - perhaps understand people might be posting on here because they're trying to ignore all the stuff they've got to deal with to.

Life's like a mirror - it works better if you smile at it...

Georgiegirl256

Feral_Moon wrote: »

All I know is this thread is NUTS and the people arguing the toss have far too much time on their hands.

Well, if you have that much time to spare then I'd love some help around the home and maybe a little dog sitting here and there because right now I'm drowning in the depressive side of my bipolar disorder. But, on top of all that I've just been diagnosed with early onset dementia. Yeah, like it couldn't get any better.

I'm not posting this !!!! for any firm of sympathy. I don't even get that !!!! from family. Just don't judge me or some of the comments I might make with ought understanding why.

I'd read your previous thread, so I knew the above and so that's why I didn't reply or react to your posts, not everyone will have read that though.

I'm sorry to hear of your diagnosis and health troubles.

If I lived nearer to you, I'd be more than happy to dog sit and help around the home! Two things I don't mind doing, dog walking and cleaning....just don't so me todo any ironing!

seven-day-weekend

I'm so sorry to hear of your diagnosis Feral Moon, how horrible you must feel. Please stay on the thread, don't go just when you need to talk to people, even if we are only 'virtual 'people.

I suppose a huge long thread about how to eat dinner seems quite irrelevant when you have much bigger problems. I agree, there are much bigger and more important things out there.

Sorry if I personally have upset you x

moneyistooshorttomention

mumps wrote: »

I always think that with hotel breakfasts. I don't know if people are worried the food will run out but they do seem to pile it on. I do like my food hot so I wondered if it was just me. I also like to take my time over breakfast, as my husband isn't too good first thing, before pain killers kick in, I often have breakfast alone so will relax and take my time as I know we aren't going to be rushing off anywhere. Thinking about it I probably eat more and enjoy it more at breakfast than at dinner.

Me too - I probably take longer over eating breakfast than any other meal I suspect.

Yum...just been reminded of Dutch hotel breakfasts:) - cheeses, fruit bread, decent coffee:) and lots of it....

But yes...I prefer to take the amount I think I want (which will be a little bit of everything I fancy the look of) and then head back later for more if I'm still hungry. Mainly - in my case - so I can ask myself whether I really AM hungry for any more or whether I'd prefer to spare my waistline the risk of putting on any more inches iyswim.

cbrown372

edited post didn't make sense due to a poster removing all their posts from last night

moneyistooshorttomention

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Having said that, I have a friend who had anorexia (she has it under control now). She came out for a meal with us and her husband, but before we went she said to us that she didn't want any comments about what she did or didn't eat.

We respected that, and she did manage to eat (for her) quite a lot.

I have seen her almost in tears however, because the chocolate sweet that she'd been looking forward to wasn't on the menu. She'd made herself eat a main course, because it was good for her, and her reward was the sweet, she was devastated when it wasn't there.

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I've never been anorexic - like my food far too much for that:)

But I think I'd have probably turned on the charm in your position and explained to the manager what the situation was and smiled sweetly and hopefully and asked "Is there anything you can do for my friend?" to him.

In circumstances like that - if I were the manager I would have tried to produce a suitable chocolate type pudding (even if I couldnt produce the usual one) and presented it to her with "My compliments:)". Partly to show a "bit of humanity" and partly because I would see it as good business sense for helping me to get repeat business.

missbiggles1

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I've never been anorexic - like my food far too much for that:)

But I think I'd have probably turned on the charm in your position and explained to the manager what the situation was and smiled sweetly and hopefully and asked "Is there anything you can do for my friend?" to him.

In circumstances like that - if I were the manager I would have tried to produce a suitable chocolate type pudding (even if I couldnt produce the usual one) and presented it to her with "My compliments:)". Partly to show a "bit of humanity" and partly because I would see it as good business sense for helping me to get repeat business.

Think of the stress that would've put the anorexic one under to eat the whole thing, plus, chocolate puddings aren't the sort of thing you can just knock up in a few minutes.

When I give up alcohol for Lent I don't go to pubs and bars - it seems stupid to put yourself in such a difficult situation when you don't have to.

moneyistooshorttomention

Thinks.....now what would I do if I had to knock up a chocolate pudding quickly.....

1. Well some people would do one of those 1-2 minute chocolate puddings in a mug in a microwave.

2. Personally - I'd think "chocolatey" rather than chocolate cake or the like and might, perhaps, do something like yogurt or decent quality canned coconut milk, frozen banana, something for sweetness (eg real maple syrup), a generous dollop of real cocoa powder and blitz that lot together in my Vitamix (ie extremely powerful blender capable of blitzing said frozen banana chunks) and put it in a nice glass dish topped with a sprinkling of something like pistachio nuts. Bingo - chocolate icecream:)

missbiggles1

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Thinks.....now what would I do if I had to knock up a chocolate pudding quickly.....

1. Well some people would do one of those 1-2 minute chocolate puddings in a mug in a microwave.

2. Personally - I'd think "chocolatey" rather than chocolate cake or the like and might, perhaps, do something like yogurt, frozen banana, something for sweetness (eg real maple syrup), a generous dollop of real cocoa powder and blitz that lot together in my Vitamix (ie extremely powerful blender) and put it in a nice glass dish topped with a sprinkling of something like pistachio nuts. Bingo - chocolate icecream:)

I'm glad you're not a chef in any restaurant I frequent (particularly with the first suggestion) or in fact somebody whose home I might have to eat! (Who on earth freezes bananas anyway?)

seven-day-weekend

Wouldn't have worked anyway, she wanted a particular gooey chocolate pud that the restaurant normally served, She didn't want anything else.