Sauce cups. I'm not gonna take my left over chicken tenders and leave that honey mustard behind... and I can't pour it into the to-go box. That'll make a mess.
Later, I discovered they sold the sauce cups at Wal-Mart. I bought a lot of them in Navy Blue. Now I have 4-5 different colored cups.
One day I'll go into a restaurant and leave some that are the wrong color. I wonder if they'd notice or wonder "Where the F#$% did these come from!?"
I just deleted a whole paragraph of stuff to which my brother and mother have helped themselves over the years because I realized how much of an evil magpie nest it illustrated us to be. Me, the only thing I've taken is: when my favorite restaurant closed and I went to eat a final meal there, I cajoled the waitress into looking the other way as I slipped a mini Chimay goblet into my purse for a souvenir. (Chimay Red was my go-to beer with my meal there, a comfort food tradition.) I'm actually drinking from it right now!
Years ago I was at an estate sale in Southern California and digging through things I found a box of very fancy spoons, there were probably 50 to 100 in this box. None of them matched and many were silver or silver plate with ornate designs on the fiddles and threads (the stem or handles as it were).
As I started to inspect them a bit closer I noticed small stickers on the back of the bowls in most cases, some cases the back of the fiddle. On each of the stickers, handwritten, was a date and location. Most of the dates written were in the 1920s & 30s For example: 2/14/1926 Hotel Viceroy.
Completely puzzled by this I spent the remainder of the afternoon trying to figure out WTF until it occurred to me that the estate owner must have stolen a spoon from every event or dinner party he/she attended as a souvenir. And you could tell by the quality of the silverware that he/she was keeping company in affluent circles. Shitty guest no doubt but completely eccentric and fascinating.
I've got a few beer pint glasses from local bars. Nothing too exciting. One of my grandmothers used to steal all kinds of things from restaurants. Ashtrays, salt/pepper shakers, flatware, plates, you name it. She was a total klepto!
About 35 years ago I grabbed steak knives. And from a Mexican restaurant I got the salsa bowls. And from a nice dinner establishment with a nice bar, I got a couple of those big frufru drink glasses that had their name on them.
Can't do anything like that now, I never carry a purse. lol
Went to Japanese restaurant and couldn't find anything on the menu I was willing to try, so I got ice cream. The spoon was flat-ish and small and I thought it was too cool not to keep.
I was going to say, not from a meal. A restaurant at work would let us have soda. I, and everyone else I worked with, ended up with a set of their glasses at home. Then I saw the post above mine mention Japanese restaurants...I guess I have taken stuff from my meal...I do have a few of those spoons that the Japanese restaurant gave to eat soup.
OK, question...how did I end up with a K again? I thought I signed up for vip when I bought something last week. I thought vip outranked the K. Maybe. Unless it doesn't. You guys are confusing me.
An AWESOME pewter chalice from an historic themed restaurant of yesteryear...felt bad about it the next day, but was somewhat under the influence the night prior.
I've always been in relationship with and/or surrounded by the "oh everyone does it" or "c'mon, it'll be fun" type. I'm not. But I do admit to sometimes succumbing to the pressure. Especially if it's coming from the woman I'm sleeping with.
I also don't need the thrill, but I love my pint from the Guinness tour in the storehouse. While they sold them in the gift shop, when you start talking hurling with the staff they invite you "keep it".
I definitely never stuffed one of those 22oz beer glasses from Applebee's down the front of my pants and walked out drunk with my friends propping me up.
A buddy said how much he liked outback silverwear and steak knives. I took about 8 months and got him a full set for xmas.
I also have a ton of blue plastic margarita shakers from Chilis and a glass presidental one. We went to Chilis after my justice of the peace union deal and took every one we drank.
I also have a few pint glasses. I think I have a problem.
I'd ordered a rare steak at a restaurant and when my plate arrived I set my giant baked potato on my bread plate before the lake of bloody au jus could get to it. The steak, bread, salad and steamed veggies were more than enough food so I asked the inattentive waiter for a doggie bag when we paid the check. He never came back. Eventually I saw the manager standing by the door so I picked up the bread plate with the potato on it and we walked out the door, expecting him to stop me so I could tell him why I was taking it. But he just smiled and said goodbye.
I went to a signing of The Great Outdoor Fight where the line snaked through the comic shop, through the backdoor, where it connected to the bar next door where Onstad was sketching/signing. The comic shop held your spot in line to get a drink from the bar. Since said bar specialized in Juleps, I returned in line with my Julep in one hand, book and bottle of Christian Brothers VS Brandy in the other (both book and bottle to be signed).
I did not anticipate how slow the line was going to move, so I had finished my drink long before I passed the threshold to the bar, so as I stood by the round rack of alt-comix, I put the pewter cup in my coat pocket to free up my hand to hold one item each and continued on my way.
After the signing (Onstad wasn't practiced for doing Cartilage Head on the spot, so I got Roast Beef), I met up with my wife and a friend at the diner down the street, sat down, realized I had a cup that was still full of crushed ice in my pocket, poured it into the plastic water glass in front of me, and that was that.
So yes, I once stole a Mint Julep cup from a place next to another place that I was at for a thing.
@JonT: (too long for a reply) Last week I called my niece to finalize last minute vacation plans and as we were hanging up I said, "See you in Venice next Friday." There was a long silence on her end and she finally said, "That's the most amazing thing anyone has ever said to me!"
Promotional beer glasses
Sauce cups. I'm not gonna take my left over chicken tenders and leave that honey mustard behind... and I can't pour it into the to-go box. That'll make a mess.
Later, I discovered they sold the sauce cups at Wal-Mart. I bought a lot of them in Navy Blue. Now I have 4-5 different colored cups.
One day I'll go into a restaurant and leave some that are the wrong color. I wonder if they'd notice or wonder "Where the F#$% did these come from!?"
Glad I'm not the only one...
Me too, I'm glad Allen said something otherwise I would have figured it was a cowboy thing.
Those sauce cups are called ramekins.
They've got too many of those things to count.
My wife ordered bottle water at Ruby Tuesday's last year, 3 bucks a bottle. I am the proud owner of two blue glass bottles now.
I had to answer yes, but I don't see the thrill, whenever they have special edition pint glasses at my Irish pub, they sell them.
Then you didn't "take" them. You purchased them!
do college dining halls count if you return it at the end of the year ?
I originally said no, then I remembered that we all had at least one In N Out tray in our car somewhere.
mmm in-n-out
at one point i had more than 20 buffalo wild wings plastic glasses. y'all remember college, don't you?
No. But that could explain where all this glassware came from...
I just deleted a whole paragraph of stuff to which my brother and mother have helped themselves over the years because I realized how much of an evil magpie nest it illustrated us to be.
Me, the only thing I've taken is: when my favorite restaurant closed and I went to eat a final meal there, I cajoled the waitress into looking the other way as I slipped a mini Chimay goblet into my purse for a souvenir. (Chimay Red was my go-to beer with my meal there, a comfort food tradition.) I'm actually drinking from it right now!
Pint glasses from bars, plates from Denny's, silverware from IHOP, I even had a friend would take the menus from restaurants. Not really sure why...
I had a friend with a collection of Denny's menus. Drunks want what they want, I guess?
a napkin i used at the table got stuck on my belt. not knowing that it was hanging, i ran around town with it dangling on my pants.
Years ago I was at an estate sale in Southern California and digging through things I found a box of very fancy spoons, there were probably 50 to 100 in this box. None of them matched and many were silver or silver plate with ornate designs on the fiddles and threads (the stem or handles as it were).
As I started to inspect them a bit closer I noticed small stickers on the back of the bowls in most cases, some cases the back of the fiddle. On each of the stickers, handwritten, was a date and location. Most of the dates written were in the 1920s & 30s For example: 2/14/1926 Hotel Viceroy.
Completely puzzled by this I spent the remainder of the afternoon trying to figure out WTF until it occurred to me that the estate owner must have stolen a spoon from every event or dinner party he/she attended as a souvenir. And you could tell by the quality of the silverware that he/she was keeping company in affluent circles. Shitty guest no doubt but completely eccentric and fascinating.
Did you buy them ?
@ceagee They were priced individually ranging from $5 to $25 depending. Had it been a one price/all situation I probably would have.
To note for future: Sometimes at those sales if you offer them a price for all they will make a deal. Especially if it's the last day of the
... the sale. They want to get rid of it. I got a large crate of vinyl that way : ) $5 !!
I've got a few beer pint glasses from local bars. Nothing too exciting. One of my grandmothers used to steal all kinds of things from restaurants. Ashtrays, salt/pepper shakers, flatware, plates, you name it. She was a total klepto!
Most bars don't even pay for those glasses. The brewery reps give them out.
That actually makes sense. Never even thought of that before. Free advertising for the brewery.
About 35 years ago I grabbed steak knives. And from a Mexican restaurant I got the salsa bowls. And from a nice dinner establishment with a nice bar, I got a couple of those big frufru drink glasses that had their name on them.
Can't do anything like that now, I never carry a purse. lol
Went to Japanese restaurant and couldn't find anything on the menu I was willing to try, so I got ice cream. The spoon was flat-ish and small and I thought it was too cool not to keep.
I was going to say, not from a meal. A restaurant at work would let us have soda. I, and everyone else I worked with, ended up with a set of their glasses at home.
Then I saw the post above mine mention Japanese restaurants...I guess I have taken stuff from my meal...I do have a few of those spoons that the Japanese restaurant gave to eat soup.
OK, question...how did I end up with a K again? I thought I signed up for vip when I bought something last week. I thought vip outranked the K. Maybe. Unless it doesn't. You guys are confusing me.
if you hover over your icon all your badges show up. And you're totally wrong, being a kickstarter backer from before we started is better.
anyone can ~buy~ their way into the VMP badge. You had to be there before it started for the K, You had to be there man.
Jack, VMP, not VIP. You've got that. And a K. The only thing left is a goat and I'm not sure what that's for but I don't think I want it.
@pooflady - the goat is for the scapegoat of the month. I blame @Ryaneil for you not knowing that already.
Thanks.
An AWESOME pewter chalice from an historic themed restaurant of yesteryear...felt bad about it the next day, but was somewhat under the influence the night prior.
they want it back
I've always been in relationship with and/or surrounded by the "oh everyone does it" or "c'mon, it'll be fun" type. I'm not. But I do admit to sometimes succumbing to the pressure. Especially if it's coming from the woman I'm sleeping with.
I always take pint glasses I like. Usually I ask, but sometimes there's no one around to give permission...
I also don't need the thrill, but I love my pint from the Guinness tour in the storehouse. While they sold them in the gift shop, when you start talking hurling with the staff they invite you "keep it".
I definitely never stuffed one of those 22oz beer glasses from Applebee's down the front of my pants and walked out drunk with my friends propping me up.
A buddy said how much he liked outback silverwear and steak knives. I took about 8 months and got him a full set for xmas.
I also have a ton of blue plastic margarita shakers from Chilis and a glass presidental one. We went to Chilis after my justice of the peace union deal and took every one we drank.
I also have a few pint glasses. I think I have a problem.
I'd ordered a rare steak at a restaurant and when my plate arrived I set my giant baked potato on my bread plate before the lake of bloody au jus could get to it. The steak, bread, salad and steamed veggies were more than enough food so I asked the inattentive waiter for a doggie bag when we paid the check. He never came back. Eventually I saw the manager standing by the door so I picked up the bread plate with the potato on it and we walked out the door, expecting him to stop me so I could tell him why I was taking it. But he just smiled and said goodbye.
If you act like you belong and pretend to know what you're doing you won't be questioned 99% of the time. How do you think I got this job?
I went to a signing of The Great Outdoor Fight where the line snaked through the comic shop, through the backdoor, where it connected to the bar next door where Onstad was sketching/signing. The comic shop held your spot in line to get a drink from the bar. Since said bar specialized in Juleps, I returned in line with my Julep in one hand, book and bottle of Christian Brothers VS Brandy in the other (both book and bottle to be signed).
I did not anticipate how slow the line was going to move, so I had finished my drink long before I passed the threshold to the bar, so as I stood by the round rack of alt-comix, I put the pewter cup in my coat pocket to free up my hand to hold one item each and continued on my way.
After the signing (Onstad wasn't practiced for doing Cartilage Head on the spot, so I got Roast Beef), I met up with my wife and a friend at the diner down the street, sat down, realized I had a cup that was still full of crushed ice in my pocket, poured it into the plastic water glass in front of me, and that was that.
So yes, I once stole a Mint Julep cup from a place next to another place that I was at for a thing.
I wonder if the words "Onstad wasn't practiced for doing Cartilage Head on the spot, so I got Roast Beef" were ever written in that order b4
Why bother with silverware or glasses when restaurants already provide perfectly good umbrellas free of charge by the door?
@JonT: (too long for a reply) Last week I called my niece to finalize last minute vacation plans and as we were hanging up I said, "See you in Venice next Friday." There was a long silence on her end and she finally said, "That's the most amazing thing anyone has ever said to me!"
I took a bar stool from my favorite bar. It's not dinnerware or drinkware but figured it was close enough to list here.
Who me?! Never ;-)