I have ordered from the kids menu at so many sit down and wait restruarants. I've done it at Carabas, Olive Garden, TGI Fridays.....

I just don't see a problem with it. If I have a whole bunch of food on my plate I'm going to feel pressured to eat it all because I don't want to waste food.

A kid's meal is generally enough to fill me up. I don't need all that extra mess.

That's fine. But, speaking from experience, many people will throw a fit at a waiter who says, "I'm sorry, I can only order that for someone who is 10 or under." It's not the waiter's fault. It's not the waiter's decision. It is a corporate decision and the waiter has to follow rules. We were even threatened for a time that if we ordered a kid's item for an adult, teenager, etc., and got caught, the waiter would have to pay for the meal.

The other reason the restaurant that I worked for stuck to this rule: We would have 5 16 year old girls or 3-4 SMU girls come in, order 1 and 2 kids items, waters all around, keep asking over and over for more bread, and then leave a $1-$2 tip for their $5-$10 meal. On most nights when I could make $10-$15 dollars on average from a table that only ran me half as much, it gets old real quick.

(AlwaysSAI, I'm not saying you did this. I am explaining why many restaurants have this policy and stick to it.)

Yes and always irks me.

I do not eat that much and I want to order enough to make me full and not let it be thrown away with is a huge loss for eateries and a waste.

I tip on the service and food. Also usually tip very well as that is how they make their money.

But there will always be cheap asses who do not tip or maybe they can't.

And, we all have to pay for sins of a few.

I generally tip pretty well--unless, of course, I got jipped on service.

(Although, I'm sure you would never do that, LaneSig :rolleyes:)

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An adult meal is just too much food for me--is my argument. Like, you wanna talk about the obesity crisis in America-restruants banning us from the kids menu is doing nothing but perpetuating the problem.
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Take-home box, darling. Lunch for the next day.

yeah, but it's not always real great left over. You know, some things you can take home and others you can't.

Like, salad that I had already dowsed in dressing-no thanks. Or a half eaten burger with mustard and ketchup and lettuce--we all know that stuff doesn't nuke well.

I'm probably just a whiny face.

Yep, sorry, but many times in life we all have to pay for what others have done.

I have never been accused to being cocky or having overwhelming self esteem. But, I do know that I am a great waiter. And, when I do have a table like the one I described, I will especially make sure that I give them great service, so if/when I get screwed on the tip, I know it wasn't something that I did. If I know things aren't going well with my tables, every other phrase out of my mouth is "I'm so sorry." There have been times that I have made more in 1 month from waiting tables than I have teaching school. So, yeah, it is something that I never do.

I agree ! Or there's times when you have no fridge to put the left overs in until they would go bad.

....or you could use a doggy bag?