Staple of stand-up as old as the hills. (And never gets old.)
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I hate, hate, hate! being called ‘chika’ in south of the border restaurants. I’m old enough and look old enough to be the waiter’s abuela.
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i don’t let it get that far. had dinner at a new place last night, and the after the hostess said, ‘two,” i said “yes, and we need seats where our feet touch the ground.”
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Ho Hum service . I dont need to be catered to . If you acknowledge me once during the meal . Thats great . I dont care about the food . I go out for service and i don’t have to cook and I like to tip .
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I think I’ll adopt that line! (Of course, when with mom, accepting her feet won’t actually touch the ground 
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Can I just echo it all? The worst for me is noise. I want to hear the conversation at my table. And loud music coming through the speakers, especially if you’re “lucky” enough the be sitting next to one. Also, at 5’2” I hate high tops. And tiny tables for two. We once ate in a restaurant where they sat us at a tiny two top and the menus were oversized. There was a candle lit in the middle and my menu caught fire!
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Very wise. There’re just 2 little problems relating to my Cajun experience.
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This was our first meal there. I suppose I could have observed the rungless highchairs, but the banquettes looked normal.
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ALL the seats we tried in this place left our feet dangling.
IF we go back, I’ll definitely ask for relief as you suggest.
Slightly OT, except for the dangling feet part. I am not short. Even hypothetically factoring in age -related shrinkage, I’m a couple of inches over average height for an American woman. And my legs are long. However … with the recent trend towards Brobdingnabian sized upholstered home furniture, I’m often left with either my feet dangling or my back crying out for mercy. So when I bought a sectional sofa, I had it made to measure, with the back slightly lower and the seats slightly less deep. Besides looking much better in the smaller space that is my condo, it doesn’t require physical therapy after an evening of sitting on it. Added bonus: cat barf proof microsuede upholstery. I rigorously tested the swatches before ordering. 
(the world really needs a cat-barfing emoji).
I wonder if restaurant front of the house designers ever consider ergonomics or usability principles? Naaahhhh
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Well even if the world doesn’t, HO certainly does!
I love that word (though I believe it’s Brobdingnagian?) There are so few opportunities to use it.
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This is probably covid related but we touched on it briefly further upthread. About a year into the pandemic I met up with a friend for dinner. There is a Chinese hot pot place in town that we really liked so when the dining rooms were open we decided to go there for a socially distanced dinner. Apparently the resto had only one printed menu and the waiter really didn’t want to give it to us. He told us to use the menu online and order dinner as if we were getting delivery except we were having it delivered to the table instead of home. Wifi was available so we wouldn’t have to use data. I was able to use their wifi but logging onto their website was reeeaaalllly sloooowwww so I gave up. My friend couldn’t get onto their wifi so used data to surf onto their website to place her order. At this point we decided ordering at this place was too complicated so we went to a favourite Vietnamese place up the street. Their tables had plastic tablecloths, printed menus at each place setting, and glass over top. So when the diners left the waitress could come over with her bottle of windex (or cleaning product of choice) and wipe off the glass. Neither of us bothered ever going back to the hot pot place which is too bad since their food is really good. Health officials where I live had already made it abundantly clear at this point that covid is transmitted by droplets not surface contact so I’m not sure what the resistance was to not giving us printed menus. I noticed recently that a lot of restos have re-introduced printed menus for those who want one.
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I blame Siri!!
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#2 is why I can’t do Five Brothers, that and the medium fries that can feed an army. One of my favorite places in youth, now closed had the huge half moon booths 5 could sit in, 7 with two seats at the table inside. Great, until someone has to use the restroom. I do not like high chairs, but no foot rest? Mal, muy mal.
Perhaps I’m entering full fuddy duddyhood, but I like plates. I eat off of 'em all the time. I prefer not to eat off a cutting board, or any other flat thingy on which the food is served. Looks cool, not as functional.
How can I walk into a mom and pop Mexican place with patio furniture and feel at home? Go spend some money and I get a lot of dysfunctional food fashion.
Hard copy menus only. Like reading the Bible. I prefer that hard copy in my hand.
Backless seats suck. If I’m leaning over a bar bolting down a Chicago italian beef, I’m cool. Not at a table, plz.
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I keep a stack of white porcelain luncheon-sized plates right next to my stove, on top of a Staub Dutch oven with the lid inverted. So I always have a plate right at hand for my little meal. The cats get one from the stack, too, for their wet food. They want to eat just like Mom. They told me so. I’m not a fan of food served, say, in a hubcap. Or on a shingle, for that matter.
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For those against QCR code menus, what of the environment?
Asking for a friend.
My son works at a beer garden and 100% of the ordering is done by QR code and no cash accepted. I bitched about it at first but am used to it now. Not a huge menu so it is easy to navigate.
One big advantage from the manager’s perspective is that no worries about cash handling and you can leave a couple of 21 year olds to finish/close up for the night basically unsupervised. Many of the tables have high stools which I actually like but then I’m tall and these do have foot rests.
Good point. I am just resistant to learning something new because I’m tired of things constantly changing. Also, I prefer printed menus because I can read the printing whereas on the phone the printing is too small for me…
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You realize your friend should also ask about toilet paper.,yes?
I recycle a lot of paper by using it to light wood fires…
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This is one thing that I have issues with. I admit I am one of the rare people that still uses cash and I prefer to for many reasons. Most importantly it makes budgeting much easier. I have a certain amount of money budgeted for “entertainment” - dinners out, movies, etc. and when the money is spent, well, time to find some free things to do until next payday. Also, my bank only allows me 25 free transactions a month and it goes fast. I get paid twice a month then I take out money twice a month so there are four transactions right there. Then I have to pay utilities, my dinner club wants deposits by etransfer, etc. so it goes fast. I can get unlimited transactions but I would have to pay for it and I am not giving the bank any more of my money.
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I draw the line somewhere before recycling TP.
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My, my. Dung is a responsible fuel.
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