On 12/15/2012 10:55 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> 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? 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.
>
> Why do you believe that Freides Freak... I've never seen a resto with
> pepper mills on the table, have you? The Freides Freak probably
> steals s n'p shakers so he doesn't have to buy s n' p... the cheapo
> bastid theif.
>
It wasn't Steve Friedes I was replying to. It was "Somebody" who said
he steals pepper mills from restaurants. And no, I've never seen a
restaurant with actual pepper mills on the table, disposable or otherwise.

Jill