Invisible at Thanksgiving (relatives, vacation, friends, family)
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Where I live $40 for a thanksgiving meal would be way, way below average with bottom tier food and service. Ads in our local Pennysaver were for a minimum of $100 pp with most ads at about $150 pp. Those prices were for buffets, not sit down served meals.
Short answer...become politely visible which includes vocal.
Nobody has invited me, since I was asked to say Grace, and I said "Thank you. Lord, for making somebody else go cold and hungry today, instead of us. Amen."
I wouldn't wait to be visible, I would make myself visible.
Get up, speak up, raise your hand. Shy and quiet people are often invisible to others, sadly.
Totally. I believe it is all in your attitude/self esteem.
Last edited by elnina; 11-29-2019 at 09:36 PM..
Reason: Corrected my own spelling
Where I live $40 for a thanksgiving meal would be way, way below average with bottom tier food and service. Ads in our local Pennysaver were for a minimum of $100 pp with most ads at about $150 pp. Those prices were for buffets, not sit down served meals.
We went to Landry's Seafood House. $23/person for a traditional turkey dinner.
The food and the drinks were superb and the service was excellent.
Where I live $40 for a thanksgiving meal would be way, way below average with bottom tier food and service. Ads in our local Pennysaver were for a minimum of $100 pp with most ads at about $150 pp. Those prices were for buffets, not sit down served meals.
Pennysaver? Not even very expensive restaurants in Houston advertised Thanksgiving dinners for more than $80pp. So, I assume you are talking about some very special places. https://houston.eater.com/maps/houst...r-lunch-brunch
Nobody has invited me, since I was asked to say Grace, and I said "Thank you. Lord, for making somebody else go cold and hungry today, instead of us. Amen."
Oh Man, I'm speechless!
Different situation, but once we went to a restaurant. Owner was preparing a few dishes and a photographer was taking pictures (I'm sure for an ad) and they ignored us although they had our order. When all the picture taking was over we got our food... We'd sat there for probably an hour.
He did apologize and offered to feed us for free, but we did eat so we paid the bill and never went back.
Could have gotten up and gone somewhere else but that would have taken more time than sitting and waiting.
I've been ignored in stores before when I needed to ask a question. Often it is because I am a woman in someplace like the plumbing aisle or similar and clerks don't want dumb questions, I guess. It's hard sometimes. We need to learn to speak up a bit.
I would never have sat there that long without contacting management.
I disagree that there is a "society-wide held view that seniors are "invisible". You had very poor service. It happens, but it should never be tolerated, which you did.
I would have got the attention of one of those serving next to our table. Sometimes areas of responsibility are not understood. Could be that the sever on each side of you thought the other was waiting on your group.
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