Emmy's on the phone

[Undertoad]

Since we had a gift card to Cheesecake Factory, J's lad wanted to eat there -- since it was his last weekend with us. J objected, pointing out that trying to eat at the Cheesecake Factory in King of Prussia on a Saturday is futile. But the lad would not listen, saying that it "had never been a problem for him" in all his 24 years of eating at the Cheesecake Factory in King of Prussia on a Saturday.

She notified me that we would be attempting to E@CFiKoPonaS, and I again objected. But J had decided not to argue with the lad; and so I decided that I would just go along and see what happened.

Well we entered at about 6:30pm, with a party of five, and they said the wait for us to E@CFiKoPonaS would be three hours.


Mall refugees of unknown origin. After a long day of tourist
shopping they become confused and attempt to eat at Cheesecake
Factory. Unable to wander aimlessly due to exhaustion, they now
camp by the automatic doorway and may depend on spare change to survive.


Cheesecake Factory lottery hopefuls gather near the entrance, but with
only a tiny amount of seating provided, most of them are forced to
awkwardly stand around in despicable conditions.

Three hours would be too long to expect his four-year-old to wait to eat; and so we aimed the cars at another highly-branded/marketed chain restaurant, drove a couple blocks, and this time were told two hours.

So we went across the parking lot to a less-marketed restaurant and were told 45 minutes; meanwhile the lad has called Chili's and the wait there is 20 minutes, and after moving the convoy there and entering the place, it was not another 35 minutes until we were in fact seated.

And after that it got pretty good, as we were assigned an excellent seat and waitress for our troubles.

Meanwhile the four-year-old has become intrigued by a hand mirror, so I bring out my Xmas present -- my new Android phone, and switch it to use the front-facing camera. This means as she holds the phone, she's looking at herself. And she's blown away by this. We tell her to press the button to take the picture.