Ordering off the kids’ menu.......

If ever you wanted to announce to the world that you’re about as cheap as they come, order off of the kids’ menu. Although you are also letting us know you’re reading skills are sub-standard. The kids’ menu clearly states that these items are for children 12 and under.

One table consisted of Grandma, Grandpa, Mom, and three kids. One child is clearly under 12, the other two kids, well, it’s debatable…… Gram, Gramps, Mom….really, you are fooling no one….and no, we don’t think you’re clever.

I knew something was strange as soon as the ordering process began. The two children about whose age I was unsure, ordered a kids spaghetti dinner. That’s right, just “a” spaghetti dinner, and asked to have it split. The youngest child ordered nothing. Mom ordered a kids’ spaghetti dinner, and Gram and Gramps ordered a kids’ lasagna to split, and an extra plate for the youngest child. Okay, so we have three kids’ meals for six people.

So, I walk up to the chef and tell him the adults are ordering off the kids menu. He throws a chef fit, (which is what I was hoping would happen) and tells me “NO!”

Now it’s back to the table to tell them that the adults cannot order off of the kids’ menu. And, as to be expected, they get a little indignant about this. I don’t care, they are becoming a waste of my time and table space.

So they decide upon two regular spaghetti dinners, and they will all split them. What a fun dining experience this must be for the kids. Or perhaps it is to teach the children how to scam a restaurant and be the cheapest fools ever to walk the planet. There are plenty of restaurants around where they could’ve gotten a meal for half the price of this one. I guess it all boils down to one thing, “Why are you here?”