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O.K. what am I missing here:
“That’s why David Fishman, an Upper West Sider who turned 12 last month, decided to take himself out for dinner one night last week. His parents had called him at home to say they were running late, suggesting that he grab some takeout at the usual hummus place.”
So a pretentious kid decides last week to go out to dinner by himself and all of a sudden he’s written up in the New York Times? Is this just poor writing or are my comprehension skills going in my old age? How does a kid who lives in NY City, appreciates good food, and who aspires to be something many years from now which he may or may not be a news story in any way shape or form?
Seriously, help me out here what did I miss.
STOP RUINING EVERYTHING.
kevin, i was wondering the same thing.
it seems like they reported on his first dining experience, but weren’t there for it. the picture clearly states it was NOT his first time there. i have a feeling the kid went in, and the chef called the times and THEN they did the story after the fact.
You see, you know how there’s always the conversation about “Well maybe we baby kids too much and we should allow them to go out and do more things on their own while we live our own fulfilling lives.” and the debate over what the harm in that is. Well I submit one of the harmful side effects is they become pretentious little shits who think eating in a nice restaurant by themselves because their parents are too busy for them is a news worthy story and makes them food critics.
I propose that we fund an alternative group of children that we send to the same restaurants, where they sit at a table just at the limits of the Teeny Critic’s peripheral vision. We give them just enough money to get themselves some soda and dessert, provided they make at least one remark loud enough to for the kid to overhear. Something like, “Eating by yourself at a restaurant is just so lame. Only dickwads do that.” And then they titter and giggle and mutter amongst themselves for the remainder of the meal.
Hopefully it won’t take long to make his dreams die like ours, then he can get back to doing something “practical” like studying to be an accountant when he grows up.