BarbEWill wrote:

>
> Along with this, now that my children are older and not in diapers I
have
> run into this problem: When I am dining with just me and my children
and
> one (or both of them) has to use the restroom, I leave the table with
them
> do what we need to do and have returned and found our table cleared.
This
> has happened on more than one occassion. The responses from the
> restaurant staff have been varied. I have been presented with the
bill,
> asked if I would like anything else (and have to wait longer with two
> hungry children), and told I shouldn't have left the table like we
were
> running out on them. In each instance I always ended up paying the
bill,
> then writing a letter to the managment, with no response. Has any
one
> elese had this happen and what is your solution?

But did you have anything at the table like a jacket or something? How
is the restaurant staff supposed to know that you didn't leave? They
can't keep track of who goes to the restroom and who leaves.