On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:32:08 -0700, "The Ranger"
> wrote:

>I have to agree with the writer's demographic observations: <40
>think bribing for a better table is wrong and >40 consider it
>part of doing business.
>
>http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000...?currentPage=1
>
>I won't bribe to get seated but will calmly ask for a different
>table if I find I don't like where we're headed. My moral code
>just doesn't allow me to "grease" the wheel.
>
>My gahdmother's 80-yo boyfriend doesn't think twice about
>calmly palming a bill to the maître d'. He's so smooth that if
>you didn't know what was going on, you'd miss it completely.
>He's very subtle (and artist) and has never been turned away
>from any restaurant.
>
>Would you bribe your way in to a high-caliber restaurant?
>
>The Ranger
>

any place i had to 'bribe' my way into i couldn't afford anyway.

your pal,
blake
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