ravinwulf wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 04:40:57 GMT, "Lisa Ann" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> news:UACzf.2554> My question was, do you think it's odd for someone
>> to bring their own food
>>> into *any* eating establishment, fast food or not?
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Yes, it's weird IMO. Back when I was managing a Pizza Hut (one of
>> my stores was a dine-in), I had a family come in with a large bag of
>> McDonald's for their 2 kids. I politely asked them to take the food
>> back out to their car. The dad got belligerent with me, stating that
>> his kids hadn't *wanted* pizza, they wanted McDonald's, but the
>> parents wanted pizza, so what was my problem?
>>
>> I told him my problem was that I worked for Pizza Hut, not
>> McDonald's. They stormed out.
>
> I can't say that I've ever done this before, but personally, I don't
> see anything particularly wrong with it. I have been known on occasion
> to get carry out from several places when we couldn't agree on what to
> have for dinner. Sometimes different family members want different
> things. <shrugs> As long as they order something from the restaurant
> in which they're actually eating and local health codes don't prohibit
> it, what's the big deal? I don't really blame the family you talk
> about for being irritated. If I'd been in their shoes, that would have
> been the last time we ever dined at any Pizza Hut.
>
> Regards,
> Tracy R.

Okay, so what's the problem with getting the carry-out from the various
places and then taking it home to eat? That (IMHO) would be the *proper*
thing to do.

Jill