Do you eat from the kids' menu sometimes?

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Many restaurants specifically limit the kids' menu to ages 10 or 12 and under.

Or to a Seniors Menu, for the older patron. You can get around a fattening kid's menu with some of the new options, but if you're over 12 and under 55, you're pretty much going to pay full price at a sitdown restaurant.

Which is why I try to get a mini-fridge in my room when I travel!

[AlwaysSAI]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Many restaurants specifically limit the kids' menu to ages 10 or 12 and under.

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.

[LaneSig]

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.

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.)

[Tom Earp]

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.

[AlwaysSAI]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

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.

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 )

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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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