On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:09:28 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 12/14/2012 5:23 PM, Somebody wrote:
> > On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:48:42 -0500, Steve Freides wrote:
> >
> >> Julie Bove wrote:
> >>> This is the one I got:
> >>>
> >>> http://tinyurl.com/cz3coqu
> >>>
> >
> > Why bother buying them? I took four of them from the tables at the
> > Italian restaurant my father took me to for my birthday (a DAY LATE).
> > I gave all four of them to my Ex since she loves pepper. It was my
> > birthday present to her. I also took one salt grinder for myself.
> >
> So *you're* the reason prices in restaurants are often through the roof,
> eh?

I thought that was a low class and odd thing to admit. People don't
usually brag in public about stealing.

> Then again, better restaurants don't leave pepper mills on the
> table. The server comes around with the pepper mill asking if you'd
> like freshly ground pepper. Ditto grated parm, if applicable.
>
Some restaurants have salt and pepper grinders on the table and they
are pretty expensive places, in my experience. I absolutely hate the
pompousness of a waiter coming around to grind a few twists of pepper
on my salad. It's completely stupid. What happens when I want pepper
on some other part of my meal? I have to use the shaker because I
don't want to call over the waiter just for a few grinds.

I don't like the waiter coming around with a cheese mill either. Give
me a bowl of freshly grated cheese on the table so I can serve myself
whenever I want more, whatever amount that I want.


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