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large booking at restaurant- how to split the bill?
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If I am "hosting" a meal out I always suggest people start their meals rather than waiting. I hate lukewarm food and if there is a big crowd, maybe 20 or so, the first people to be served might have cold food by the time everyone's food has arrived. Nice if everyone gets served quickly but it doesn't always happen.
Oh I agree with you but it's nice manners to attempt to wait, especially if the host was the one who cooked (a party of 20 may be too much though but I normally dine with 4 maximum) I think people should only go ahead if the host suggests it and it is good manners for the host to insist on it too.0 -
Yes, of course
Even the wooden ones you eat chips with.
*shudder*
I cant even touch those.. thankfully I either have a metal fork in my bag or the chippies round here all have plastic forks..
wood (or fabric) anywhere near my mouth! Perish the thought!LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
I was taught that if there were 6 diners or less then you should wait for all the food to arrive before starting your own - otherwise it's OK to make a start otherwise your food would get cold before all the food got to the table.0
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Feral_Moon wrote: »Am I the only one who has never stepped foot in a McDonalds? Nor a Pizza Hut for that matter. We used to hang out in the local Wimpy bar or coffee shop when we were kids.
I have been the grand total of four times. Not by choice, either.
First time our Dutch visitors wanted to try one, 1987. Second time was with a school party, Y8s, on a visit to Stratford. Other times on school camps.
It amuses me how people call the place a 'restaurant'!
OoOps! Forgot that we went into one to use the loo and wifi when we got lost in New York.Member #14 of SKI-ers club
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My pet hate when it comes to the works Xmas party, the set menu.
My other pet hate is the dreaded "set" menu - this assumes people have a "set" appetite which is far from the truth normally.
It's not the 'set' portion size it is the stuff served.. There have been several occasions I have not wanted a single thing offered on such a menu.LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
It's not the 'set' portion size it is the stuff served.. There have been several occasions I have not wanted a single thing offered on such a menu.
We get Christmas menus (usually they have fixe or six choices for each course) from half a dozen restaurants and then have a vote. Never had a situation where anyone in the office has said "I can't eat anything on that menu." If it happened, that restaurant would be withdrawn from the voiting.
Amazingly. even our vegetarian colleague has found stuff he wants to eat at every restaurant.Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 20230 -
onomatopoeia99 wrote: »We get Christmas menus (usually they have fixe or six choices for each course) from half a dozen restaurants and then have a vote. Never had a situation where anyone in the office has said "I can't eat anything on that menu." If it happened, that restaurant would be withdrawn from the voiting.
Amazingly. even our vegetarian colleague has found stuff he wants to eat at every restaurant.
Well I'm just special! haha .. that was already established! In the cases where there was nothing I would eat I just stayed at home.LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
onomatopoeia99 wrote: »Amazingly. even our vegetarian colleague has found stuff he wants to eat at every restaurant.
I'm not vegetarian, but I'd say at least 8 out of 10 times, I will choose the vegetarian option. So much so that some of my colleagues actually thought I was a veggie. I think the vegetarian options nowadays are far more appealing than some of the other options (to me anyhow) and are a lot more plentiful than they once were.0 -
Georgiegirl256 wrote: »I'm not vegetarian, but I'd say at least 8 out of 10 times, I will choose the vegetarian option. So much so that some of my colleagues actually thought I was a veggie. I think the vegetarian options nowadays are far more appealing than some of the other options (to me anyhow) and are a lot more plentiful than they once were.
Someone I know gets quite ecstatic if there is broccoli bake on the menu
. Takes all sorts. (AKA HRH_MUngo)
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