A short anecdote before I get to my point - when I was little my father took me to a work gathering at a nice restaurant where two of his coworkers spent much time griping about the food. When I asked him why he said, "because they travel all the time and they're used to eating in better places".

Now that I'm older I understand completely. My wife and I have been going to nicer restaurants recently and have found that when we have those great dining experiences it totally demotivates us from going even to some places we were okay at before. For example, the other night I had steak while out and all I could think of was how great that steak I had at Hawksmoor's was and how this one just paled incredibly in comparison.

Does this sort of thing happen to any of the rest of you?