I don't know if you know this, but restaurants are a BUSINESS.

Over a decade ago, I was mad fat and went on a super strict diet to lose over a hundred pounds. When I ate out with people, I'd eat ahead and then just order some lettuce and Diet Coke, since I wasn't expecting the place to serve me exactly 4oz of sweet potato and 3oz of chicken breast with 3tsp of olive oil.

I think the problem here lies with your disconnect between your perceived restaurant experience and the experience of the restaurant employees you're dealing with.

There's everything wrong with it when you're bringing food into a restaurant. That's not even legal in many places, and in another one of my posts, I outlined good reasons why people can't bring food into an establishment that serves it. That doesn't mean they need to sit at home, miserably huddled over their plates…

Or, why do you assume saying "take your time, I'm not in a hurry" helps the situation

I mean, I guess I can see the thought behind it, but still - tough titties. That's just one of the downsides one has to accept if you have lots of food allergies. There are a myriad of reasons (mostly liability-related) why a restaurant can't just let people bring their own food. The customers in question might really…

My chef and managers would eat my soul if they found out I let you bring in your own food and eat in our establishment. It's a myriad of health code violations, none of which are worth it so that you can be weird. Additionally, not everywhere is like Legal Seafoods, where you randomly throw a side on your plate. Some…

In the restaurant that I work at ordering off the menu is annoying because as I server I cannot put an off menu order into the system. Every item on the menu corresponds with a button on my till. All of the acceptable substitutions also have their own buttons on the till (ex: sub salad for fries or no sauce). When a…

There was some coupon book we used to use, and it said that if we did not tip 15% on the pre-coupon amount the restaurants would not participate in the future.

Somebody gave that piece of shit's review a "Funny"? GODDAMMIT NOW HULK SMASH

I'm not sure why you're so confused- nearly every restaurant is going to have policies set by management or owners that are not negotiable, and "no outside food or drinks" sounds common and also perfectly reasonable. If it is a chain, those rules may be even be corporate and required to use the name. What if someone…

I think it kind of depends on the place. I mean, subbing cole slaw for fries with your burger in a bar or diner shouldn't be a big deal, but when you work in a more upscale place with a real chef, they generally match the "sides" with the main dishes with intention. I mean, the sides aren't really sides at all - the…

Yeah, servers DEFINITELY hate you.

Here are a few reasons why restaurants don't want people brown-bagging it:

your standards are impossible to understand

nah, the most punk rock thing ever was that girl in L7 taking out her tampon and throwing it in the crowd at Reading.

Once I recover from writhing every time I read this story, one thiught always emerges.

I bet the boys' parents are grieving the same way Leelah Alcorn's parents are.

"I will not live with the guilt of someone passing away, but I will live with the guilt of sending the picture."

Actually you need to read a book. Gluten IS protein!