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Originally Posted by AlwaysSAI
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.
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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.)