Just a small plate...that's all I ask.

I still eat in a very small plate.  I guess they are really the saucers and since we are all over fifty, we know what the saucer is. LOL  Even when hubby and I go out to eat, , I ask for the smallest plate and I dip off his plate onto the small one or off of my plate into the small one.  I do this to remind myself of the portions that I need to always eat.  So, hubby and I go to the little diner not far from our house and he orders fried stuff so I try to order the child’s plate but they only have corn dogs and fried chicken strips, so I order a grilled chicken breast and green beans.  I ask the waitress if she can bring me a small plate to accompany my meal and she said, “NO.”  I’ve never had anyone tell me they can’t let me use a small plate.  My husband explains that I need a small plate to measure my portions and she rolls her eyes.  Well, she brought my food and his food and no small plate.  Hubby said I was being a baby for not eating off of the large plate but that’s not the point.  I cannot look at a large plate and see my small portions.  I know, long before I overeat, I fill full and all of that, but it’s the damned principle.  I WANTED A SMALL PLATE.      

You know, this chaps my scrawny butt!!  I don't care if you asked that server to stand on her head, she's in a customer service business and if that's what the customer wanted, she should do it.  What does it matter to her if you eat off a small plate?  OHHHHHH hatefull thoughts coming into my head......

salad plate, dump the salad on the table, use the plate....

Don't EVEN  get me started on the eye rolling

Even the salad plate is huge.  I just wanted the little bity plate. Well, I now carry my own little plate in my purse.  Isn't that ridiculous.  In a small plate, Iknow how much is enough.  Otherwise, I overeat, have to run to the bathroom to hurl, and then feel like crap the rest of the day. We won't be going back to this little place.  It's a shame too because they have wireless and it would be a nice place for me to meet up with colleagues and do research when drinking coffee.  Sometimes servers have bad days but sometimes they need to be in demolition instead of people service buisness. lol

jeannie i would have asked to speak to the manager or whoever was in charge!!! that just is not right to not let you have a small plate!!!! for crying out loud you weren't asking for a million bucks from that ditzy waitress!!!!!!!!!! i would still call and speak to whoever was in charge!!!!!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

hugs

I still carry my baby spoon around with me. I WANT TO EAT WITH MY BABY SPOON ,dang it !!!  If you want a saucer, you should have a saucer. I hope your tip reflected your displeasure.Now and then we eat at Texas Road House and they let me order the kids steak meal.They are very nice about it.. Then they charge me a $1 more for it.. whats with that??

If a small plate does it, then a small plate should be in order.

I agree...... service is service.  Now, unless they didn't have a saucer.... that would be different.  I'd be looking for paper plates in the size you want and leave it as trash at the restaurant.

You keep doing what works for you!

Kathi

oh my!!!
i have to say that i like kathikins idea of leaving a small paper plate as trash there!

Yup....I know exactly what you are talking about. I keep a few small paper plates in a ziplock along with my baby spoon and fork!! I take it everywhere!!

Hugs, connie d

And that is one of the reasons I don't do much restaurant eating anymore.  My way to deal with it is to get the doggie bag WITH the meal, make the division into it and then eat off my plate.  The other trick I still use is to order my steak rare, nibble around the very putside only and then center reheats without drying out.

I have asked to have a meal divided in the kitchen so they only serve me half at the time but then they pack up more bread and potato than I want to take home.

But consider what we used to gripe about...

I spent the weekend camping and using porta-potties at a music festival and didn't ache or worry about having the little shed tip over.  And eating the guts out of the gyro worked perfectly, until I started getting tired of them.