On Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:42:31 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2016-02-24 5:34 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> > On 2/24/2016 4:57 AM, sf wrote:
> >> On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 17:59:04 -0500, jmcquown >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 2/23/2016 1:57 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >>>> dsi1 wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I wish they'd put grinders on tables at restaurants instead of
> >>>>> shakers.
> >>>>
> >>>> How long do you think they'd last before being stolen by lazy *******s
> >>> (snippage)
> >>>
> >>> I actually agree with you on this one, Sheldon. There's a reason the
> >>> servers at *finer* (note the word finer) restaurants offer to grind
> >>> pepper over your food at the table
> >>>
> >> I hate it when they come at me with that gigantic pepper grinder.
> >> This isn't the 60s. Unless they are stuck in a time warp, everybody
> >> has at least one pepper grinder now and nobody is impressed by that
> >> huge thing. I'm actually embarrassed for the waiter who has to do it,
> >> because it's so silly and pretentious.
> >>
> > LOL Please don't bring that huge phallic symbol to our table! <G>
> >
>
>
> Does it distract you too much from your dinner?
> ;-)
>
I despise it. Does it mean that I can only have ground pepper on my
salad? Why can't I have ground pepper on my main dish too? I
actually called them over to grind pepper on my main back in the day
and have a feeling I'm not the only one who did it or else pepper
grinders on the table wouldn't be as common as they are now.

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sf