Buzinkum wrote:
> Maybe it's just me, but why is it everywhere I go to eat a nice meal
> there is a host who obliviously serves up pie or cake by slicing,
> burying their fingers in the topping to move the piece, then sucking on
> their fingers and serving up the next slice? Seems to be common among
> the over-50 crowd, of which I am not.
>
> I know chefs in restaurants taste and touch food as a matter of course,
> but at least they don't generally do it in plain sight of their guests
> with a dim-witted sort of glee.
>
> How do you politely tell someone, especially a relative or in-law, to
> first not bury their fingers in your frosting, and then second stop
> licking their damn fingers before they touch and serve your slice?

"Um, no thanks. I've changed my mind."

-L.