The word "Prom" is being dropped around here a lot lately. All across America it's Prom time. For a lot of young men this will also be the first time they take a date out for a fancy dinner. So, I'll make this quick and try not to be harsh..teach your kid how to dine out. Seriously. No blowing straw wrappers at each other, no soda slurping contests, no ordering 20 refills of Pepsi just because it comes free, no asking the server for catsup and as soon as they bring it, oh, I need ranch too. Nope. And above all, make sure he (or she, hey, it IS 2010) knows that servers get 20% or more on each ticket..and how to figure that out. Really, you don't want people to think your kid is an asshole, do ya?
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Prom date
The word "Prom" is being dropped around here a lot lately. All across America it's Prom time. For a lot of young men this will also be the first time they take a date out for a fancy dinner. So, I'll make this quick and try not to be harsh..teach your kid how to dine out. Seriously. No blowing straw wrappers at each other, no soda slurping contests, no ordering 20 refills of Pepsi just because it comes free, no asking the server for catsup and as soon as they bring it, oh, I need ranch too. Nope. And above all, make sure he (or she, hey, it IS 2010) knows that servers get 20% or more on each ticket..and how to figure that out. Really, you don't want people to think your kid is an asshole, do ya?
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I agree with everything you said DD. Everyone should learn a little etiquette and manners. Specially for a big event like the prom.
For some kids that is the first time they have gone to a nice restaurant.
I hope people send me prom pics of their kids this year, I think they're so cute. But, not so much when you have to wait on some of them. LOL.
my son's senior prom had dinner there,lucky for us. With the cost of tickets,tux rental,flowers,haircut,graduation cap and gown,school ring,yearbook,and whatever else I forgot, we were tapped out!
the troll is at in me and nissa's pix post....it's really a shame the troll is so lonesome....bet they never went to prom....
Ava's Mom,
I think you meant "especially"
I guess Pat knows her audience.
There's a funny site called thefashionpolice.net which has a big area devoted to "ugly prom dresses". The dresses are on models, not real students, so it's okay to laugh at them. No I don't work for that site but I thought I'd toss it out there while we are on the subject of proms because ugly prom dresses make me laugh! And from what I hear they tend to make other people laugh too. :)
I don't know if my son will be going or not. I just asked him, and he said "maybe", and I asked him if he was going to ask someone, and he said "maybe". I encouraged him as nicely as possible, to hurry up and ask and let us know so we can help him with tux, flowers, etc., and so that the girl he goes with has a chance to plan, too. I hope he is going.
On a separate, but related note, we just got him his first car today!! We had been looking, but wanted to stay cheap, so it was no easy task. I called him at work today, after a particularly disappointing trip last night, and asked if he would mind if we just bought a car we think he will like, and he said okay, so we just surprised him with it, almost an hour ago. He is very happy!!!!
DD...We have a class at school that actually teaches this stuff. They did the whole meal thing. Starting with how to set a table at home, proper meal conversation and the etiquette of eating in a restaurant. It is a government program which means if you pay taxes, you paid for their meal. I hope knowing where the money came from was taught in the class, but I don't think so. Thes are supposed to be underprivileged children. These same children wore their big buk shoes and brought the phones with all the bells and whistles with them. They went by bus, but the teacher had to bring half of them home because the parents couldn't pick them up from school. We are not supposed to put them in our cars---for obvious reasons. But she was ready to go home and no one had come to pick them up. She did what she had to do. I hope her kindness doesn't come back to bite her in the butt.
Pat, what about your reader prom pix?, I have one from 1985 that is a hoot! I can dig it out if you like! bima
Troll, you'd be surprised what I know about etiquitte (with two T's ironically), even though I was raised by wolves. It's called educating yourself, you should try it. I could hold my own at dinner with the Countess, no problem. You don't have a problem though, because there are no fish forks or finger bowls at Burger King. Ta ta.
Bima, send that pic!
OK, this is gross. Once my daughter & I went to eat at this Barfay, can't remember the name. It's a chain. We never do that but they had all you can eat shrimp, her fav!! So, we are sitting there and in comes 3 prom couples, having their prom dinner at a freakin' barfay! How gross is that? We couldnt believe it! It was awful. Busy Friday night, all the old folks out to eat at the good ol' "Barf-Fay" and them in all their grand attire trying to get in line for some grub! It wasn't right. I'm sure it was NOT the girls idea either. No girl chooses to eat there, esp for her prom dinner!!! Yuck.
rox
Christina! Yay!!!! NOW he will wanna go to prom! betcha!!! he's got wheels!!! What a great day for your son. What did he get?
rox
Rox, I can see young guys taking their dates somewhere they feel comfortable. It's hard to step out of your comfort zone when you're unsure of how to behave.
There is no such thing as a fish fork white trash.
The fish fork will be found to the left, after the salad and dinner forks and is also known as the oyster or melon fork. Don't confuse it with the appetizer fork which only has three tines. Idiot.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-fish-fork.htm
http://www.cuisinenet.com/glossary/setting.html
Here ya go Mr. Pot Calling the Kettle Black White Trash POS, cock jockey. Here's your fish fork.
Daphne
Yes there is a thing as a fish fork ! Kiki
Troll, you'd be surprised what I know about etiquitte (with two T's ironically), even though I was raised by wolves. It's called educating yourself, you should try it. I could hold my own at dinner with the Countess, no problem
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True 'class' is when you can eat with either a queen or a homeless man, and still make the other person feel that you're interested in what they have to say, who they are, etc.
Troll, how class-less that you would call Ava's mom out on something so petty and absolutely of no importance to the dialogue.
It's fun to go out to dinner at "nice" places during prom season to see all the kids in their fancy duds. I look at them and just can't believe we ever looked that young! Time flys. Also, I cannot believe how fashionable they all look these days. We looked like idiots! Baby blue tuxes! hahahahaha!
Linda, that was a cool saying, queen and homeless..I like that.
Rox, he got a 1991 Mercedes 190 with the AMG package. It is so cute!!! It needs a little work, but not much. My husband and I are going to the U-Pull-It yard this morning, as they (husband and son) have made a small list of parts for him to look for.
We were told that the driver's side rear window wouldn't go down, and so my husband took the door panel off to see what was causing that. It was frickin' hilarious! Somehow they had broken the internal mechanism that raises and lowers the window, so (whomever did this) propped up the window in the "up" position with an enormous bamboo bong which wasn't quite long enough to do the job, so they put a plastic fishing float underneath! Too funny! I think this car has had an interesting past.
Christina! You should have taken a pic of that! That car sounds sweet too. Something a young man will feel super cool driving! Maybe they hid their "stash" in the door and eventually it broke? My daughters ex, he's an idiot, kinda like the person on here that claims there's no such thing a s afish fork! Anyways, he used to hide his way up in his dash somehow he eluded the cops many times when stopped for speeding. If they had dogs with them, his ass would be grass! So to speak! And he deserves it to be too! Thank gawd he's ancient history. But yea, I read that someone dug up John Lennon's lost herion stash. He got off the stuff, so he hid it on his estate in the ground. Then he changed his mind and started digging to find it, never did. Someone working at the property dug up something they think is what he was looking for. Pretty interesting stories. I wish you had a pic of that bong door window-holder-upper! Thats too funny girl! Cool ride tho!!
xo
rox
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