Restaurants make me edgy and anxious. I hate the waiting, I hate the fact that someone is suffering the indignity of serving me.
Yes! I know!
I want to read a newspaper, I want to listen to the radio, I want to watch TV....
When we were children, we weren't allowed to read at the table. I actually managed (occasionally, and until caught) to set my book on the floor and turn the pages with my feet!
When I became a parent, I taught my children all the table manners they needed, then set them loose with books. We always read--all three of us--during every meal. I still associate a particularly exciting passage in The Gardens of Rama with baked potato and shredded cheese.
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Date: 2004-08-24 04:14 am (UTC)Yes! I know!
I want to read a newspaper, I want to listen to the radio, I want to watch TV....
When we were children, we weren't allowed to read at the table. I actually managed (occasionally, and until caught) to set my book on the floor and turn the pages with my feet!
When I became a parent, I taught my children all the table manners they needed, then set them loose with books. We always read--all three of us--during every meal. I still associate a particularly exciting passage in The Gardens of Rama with baked potato and shredded cheese.