Learning Experience
Today’s learning experience came at mealtime. Today being Valentine’s Day, we decided to eat out as a family. We didn’t have reservations anywhere on this super busy dining night, but thought we could sneak into a restaurant. We chose a restaurant that we had all to ourselves the last time we visited. The weather was bad, so that should keep people home. Valentine’s Day is on a Thursday this year, and at that point, most people would probably wait until the weekend to celebrate.
Wrong, wrong, and wrong. The wait was 30 minutes when we arrived at the restaurant. For a DINK couple, that’s a painless wait. For a couple with three children ages 3 and under, the wait would be intolerable. I’d be sick of hearing the kids scream in the waiting room within 15 minutes, which is about ten minutes longer than the DINKs would last.
Instead of a semi-nice sit-down restaurant, we walked to the pizza buffet across the street. It seemed like a good idea. Quick. Fairly cheap. Unhealthy food that should satisfy the kids.
The food was fairly cheap and quick, albeit crowded with other families “celebrating” the day, but I was wrong on the last count. The boys were happy with pizza, but Abbie refused to eat. She turned her nose up at the salad bar, the pizza bar, and even the desert bar. The only substances I could get her to ingest were Saltines, and my soda pop. Even the lemonade we bought for her wasn’t good enough. One of the servers asked if there was anything she could get for me. I asked if they had chicken nuggets. She gave me a weird look.
Lesson #1: Don’t even think about eating out with small children on Valentine’s Day.
Lesson #2: Never take a girl who hates pizza to a pizza buffet.
Wrong, wrong, and wrong. The wait was 30 minutes when we arrived at the restaurant. For a DINK couple, that’s a painless wait. For a couple with three children ages 3 and under, the wait would be intolerable. I’d be sick of hearing the kids scream in the waiting room within 15 minutes, which is about ten minutes longer than the DINKs would last.
Instead of a semi-nice sit-down restaurant, we walked to the pizza buffet across the street. It seemed like a good idea. Quick. Fairly cheap. Unhealthy food that should satisfy the kids.
The food was fairly cheap and quick, albeit crowded with other families “celebrating” the day, but I was wrong on the last count. The boys were happy with pizza, but Abbie refused to eat. She turned her nose up at the salad bar, the pizza bar, and even the desert bar. The only substances I could get her to ingest were Saltines, and my soda pop. Even the lemonade we bought for her wasn’t good enough. One of the servers asked if there was anything she could get for me. I asked if they had chicken nuggets. She gave me a weird look.
Lesson #1: Don’t even think about eating out with small children on Valentine’s Day.
Lesson #2: Never take a girl who hates pizza to a pizza buffet.
posted by Matt at
11:37 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home