One of the things we have commented on before is how the wait staff in restaurants will take care of children while their parents eat a meal. We have thought that was a pretty neat feature and a wonderfully positive comment on Chinese society but had not had a chance to experience it ourselves... until this week.
Having just returned from the States, we were out running errands and decided to enjoy some lunch. As we were ordering, Michael was holding Tovina on his lap and she was looking particularly adorable in her leopard print outfit (see previous post). Well, the waitress, having finished with boring ol' us, squats in front of Tovina and starts trying to get her attention with hand clapping and general friendliness. Being a social kind of child, Tovina's all for it and responds with a big smile and a happy noise. That was about all the waitress needed and proceeded to lean in and pick our little girl up out of her daddy's lap. It is a good thing we had been exposed to this behaviour before or we might have been alarmed. As it was, when Michael looked at me as if asking, 'is this okay?' I immediately responded, 'Yes!'
The restaurant had a number of different rooms. We were in the one that had the front door. We're not sure how many of the other rooms Tovina saw but we do know that she disappeared for at least 10 minutest at a time. At one point a woman who was apparently eating back in one of those rooms, appeared to pay her bill. As walked by us she told us that we have a beautiful daughter.
Tovina was brought back to us when Michael finished his meal (I was still eating) slightly tired from her social outing but quite satisfied that she had been able to expand her fan base.
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