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  My anxiety stops me from telling any restaurant its my birthday, even when it is.
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  When I used to work at a restaurant I had a couple tell me it was one of their birthdays. They ordered alcohol and I asked for their ID to check if they were 21+. Their birthday was not even close and when they realized I knew it wasn’t their birthday and they started apologizing and felt embarrassed. 
  I didn’t confront them about it because you never want to accuse a guest of something like that. It is annoying though when one person has a “birthday” and all of the sudden it’s every tables birthday. >
  
  I work in a place that doesn't do a ton for birthdays, just a little sundae with a candle. No singing no fancy plates or anything. I honestly could not care less if people want to lie to me if it's their birthday, as long as they are polite and have their shit together go ahead. 
  In fact I have sent out birthday sundaes to tables that I just liked interacting with and said we just wanted to make their night memorable. >
  
  When I worked in a decent restaurant I would often give out a birthday dessert to a very well behaved child (with the parents permission) >
  
  Nice one. I’d say positive reinforcement is the glue that binds decent and reasonable behaviour. >
  
  You'd be eating out every day, which is ridiculously expensive, and a lot of places don't give you anything for your birthday. >
  
  My first thought. Eating out every day, in this economy? >
  
  What else do people not do in this economy? Genuine question. >
  
  Fuck >
  
  Thats a good one I wouldn’t expect. Way too expensive to have a kid/kids and condoms and pills add up. >
  
  Plants are the new pets.
  Pets are the new kids.
  Kids are the new exotic animals - only the rich can afford them. >
  
  But for some reason, the people who can’t afford them have like 5 kids. There was this one crack addicted lady who had 5 kids (all taken by CPS)… the baby my family helped take care of was born addicted to crack :( At what point do you make her get her tubes tied? >
  
  You don't. You make sure every school has the same high quality sex ed and you give out birth control for free. Society will benefit far more from this than forced sterilization programs which are fucked up. >
  
  
  You make sure every school has the same high quality sex ed and you give out birth control for free. Society will benefit far more from this
  
  Ah.. I like the idea of a society that would be willing to provide quality education and birth control.