On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:21:38 -0700, Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> blake wrote:
>
>>> Some friend I'll be if the pack wants to go to the Outback, and I stay
>>> home because they server half-cooked meat. Even better, maybe I'll order
>>> take-out from Texas Roadhouse, and carry it in to Outback Steakhouse.
>>> When
>>> they tell me I can't bring it in there, I'll say, "Why not? You say you
>>> don't serve well-done meat, and I wanted well-done meat, but I also
>>> wanted
>>> to eat with my friends. So here I am. I get what I want, you get what
>>> you want. I get well-done meat, and you don't have to serve it to me."
>>>
>>> And why should the employee care? The only reason he gets upset at
>>> seeing
>>> me come in with take-out from another restaurant is because he's afraid
>>> of
>>> getting in trouble with his supervisor for letting me in. The supervisor
>>> might be more reasonable if I tell him at least I'll be having a soda.
>>>
>>
>> almost no restaurant i know of will let you bring in food from elsewhere.
>> if you don't like the way they cook beef, order shrimp or chicken. or eat
>> salad and vegetables.
>
> From the restaurant manager's point of view, if someone brings in food from
> elsewhere and then gets sick in his restaurant, who do you think will be
> blamed for the sickness?
>
> Bob

...and pay for the table setting, labor, and all the other stuff.

your pal,
blake