Originally Posted by Sam - DFW
I almost always order for both my date and myself. I hope this is never misconstrued.
Is this proper manners, or am I being weird? I wonder where this came from - if it was derived from the above practice.
Sam
There is a difference between politely ordering the food for your date and making a proclaimation that she "will not speak to the hired help".
Now if you don't allow your date to speak, then yeah, that IS weird. And likewise it is RUDE for the woman to refuse to make eye contact with the flight attendant in that scenario.
If my date were ordering for me and the waiter addressed me for my order, I would politely turn to my date and say "Sam, what was it we decided we would try?" - but I would NEVER ignore the wait staff.