Are your rules for dining at home really the same?

There are things that happen, or people allow to happen when dining out. that I’m pretty sure would have a different outcome if they were eating at home.

Some folks came in last night and decided to have dinner out on the patio. It was a gorgeous evening for dining out, or doing anything outside for that matter.

They started out by ordering a couple of drinks, one of which was a bottle of beer which we serve with a chilled mug. A couple of minutes later, the server came back to the bar and asked for another chilled mug. Not that it mattered, but I was curious and asked why. She told me “A fly flew in the mug.” I asked if it got in the beer, she said no, he hadn’t poured it yet.

Okay, wait a minute….if this had happened at home, I’m pretty sure he would have just shooed the fly way, and then poured the beer in the glass. No big deal. Anyone who has ever eaten outside (we’ve all been on picnics) knows that there will always be a pesky fly around. Sometimes they land on your sandwich, or plate, or on a bowl of potato salad. I’ve never seen anyone throw out a plate of food or an entire bowl of salad because a fly landed on it. But because you’re at a restaurant, all of a sudden you get all picky and act as though a vulture just shit in your glass.

Let’s not forget the parents who allow their kids to make a mess of everything within arms reach, and then some, including the floor. I’ve heard the comment, “Oh well, someone gets paid to clean it up.” The statement that is actually being made, is that you’re too lazy to teach your kids how to act in public. I’d be willing to bet you don’t allow your kids to play with the salt, pepper and sugar at home, and dump it all over the table. Or let them shove food off of their plate, and when it lands on the floor, look the other way.

Try and stick to one set of rules, it’s be less confusing all the way around.