sf wrote:
>
> Maybe one dish came out before another and it was served first? So,
> you just happened to be the lucky recipient both times. <smile>


This explanation makes sense. I don't think they were purposely trying
to dis the seniors, just not paying attention and going by whatever
happens in the kitchen.


> My DD is getting married next year, I'll mention that situation to
> her. It's a real consideration. In polite company, you don't start
> to eat before the last person is served... so I don't know how it
> would change the situation other than the older people will eat cold
> food.


There's a special etiquette rule for large tables. If you're seated at
a long banquet table, you wait until 2 people to your side have been
served, then you eat. In other words, person 1 waits until 2 and 3 have
their food before starting to eat. Person 2 waits until 3 and 4 have
been served to start and so on. When folks are seated in husband and
wife pairs, they wait in pairs.


None of that is relevant to the situation at hand, but I think it's fun
to know. If there are only 6 at the table, then everyone waits until
all 6 are served, and the longish delay between one person being served
and the others was awkward.


--Lia