It's great to be recognized when I'm looking for a table at a crowded restaurant, but I still don't put it to best use. I'm such a lump. I won't cut the line. It's my Catholic guilt. I gotta get used to it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
To me, it's a religious experience to sit down at anyone's table. I feel so invited, like it's a sacred place.
When I go to a restaurant, yeah, I know that a line is probably going to form in front of the table, but didn't I always wish for that? Yeah, I did.
When I was writing my column, I would almost always be recognized when I was in a restaurant, even if I was reviewing it and had booked under a fake name, so free stuff would start coming out of the kitchen on a conveyer belt, fantastic wines would be opened at my table. Now I can't even get a reservation on the pizza joint on the corner.
The bad part about being recognized is that when I walk into a restaurant and sit down, I've got to eat everything on the plate, whether it's good or bad. People would take it as an insult if I did otherwise.
I've got a statue of St. Francis in my front yard, and I'm not even a practicing Catholic.
The first time I walked by a crap table, I felt kind of funny.
I grew up Catholic, so I feel guilty about everything.
I like Church furniture.
I've never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been told, 'We're full.'
I wish anytime I went into a nice restaurant and asked for a table, they said, 'Well I'm sure you don't want one in the corner.'