Short restaurant waits.
You're hungry. You've been fasting all day so that you can fully enjoy the enormous portions that restaurants make of their dishes. And you have to put your name down and wait. Those 30-45 minutes can seem like hours to your stomach, protesting more and more loudly for the lack of food. (Anything longer than an hour and I usually find a different restaurant.)
But it's such a joy when you go up to the concierge and it's either, "right this way" (score extra points for immediate sit-down) or "it'll be about 10 minutes." 10 minutes? No problem! I wanted to go to the bathroom anyway! (Girls can spend 10 minutes in bathroom; I don't know about guys.) Or that's the perfect amount of time to look at a menu before sitting down, so that you can give your meal order to your server right away when he or she asks you for drinks, and you get out of there faster!
Another fabulous tip to try out (if the restaurant will let you)...
When was the last time you had dessert after a meal at a restaurant? (and if you're above the age of at least 16). With the aforementioned potion sizes threaten to pop your buttons and snap your belts, it's no wonder that many of us haven't eaten dessert since we were still eating kids meals. But the way to go is to either eat only half of your entree and take the rest home so that you have room for dessert and a good lunch for tomorrow, or ask for you dessert to go. This way you have time to work off your meal on your way back home, and then you can enjoy a restaurant quality dessert in your comfy pj's and bed, and you don't have to worry about getting whipped cream on your face, or struggle with a fork to eat an ice cream sandwich that would be so much more easily eaten with your hands.
Happy eating!
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