“Next to the name of one regular, who has a habit of bringing in women he is not married to, is an instruction to make sure the man’s wife has not booked a separate table for the same day.”
The great thing about the Times is, even when their articles are hopelessly behind the curve (you mean you can reserve a table OVER THE INTERNET???!!), there are sometimes little nuggets of gold on the inside. The best of these come in the form of revelations about how “the other 1%” ((My dad coined used this phrase while we were biking this weekend in Weston, MA. I like it.)) live. In this case, we learn about a man who is so rich, his restaurants help make sure his wife doesn’t find out about his regular infidelities. I’m lucky if the person at the Qdoba realizes I’ve been ordering the same thing once a week for two years!
I haven’t had this much fun learning about rich people since the Escapes article in which one fellow has a summer house in Phoenix that he keeps permanently air-conditioned so it would be cool if he decides to visit.
Actually, it must have been coined at least a few years ago, because I remember dad using the same phrase in the exact same circumstances a couple of summers ago. It is good.
Actually, you will probably break top 5% (household) in the next decade or so, and mom and dad are probably not that far out of the top 1% themselves. I'm just sayin'. Think what the other 90% thinks of you.
That said, good point you made. I read that Escapes article too. It made me foam at the mouth.