Hubby sucked.

[Aragarthiel]

Hubs and I went out to a steakhouse last night. I don't like steak but he loves it, and I'd gotten him a gift card, so I got to tag along. On our way there, he told me that it was "tradition" to take a knife home with you when you ate at a nice steakhouse, since they have nice steak knives. I showed my disapproval, and thought that was that.

Until this evening when I did the few dishes sitting on the counter and discovered a knife I had never seen before sitting in a pot that had been soaking overnight.

[mjr]

Hubs and I went out to a steakhouse last night. I don't like steak but he loves it, and I'd gotten him a gift card, so I got to tag along. On our way there, he told me that it was "tradition" to take a knife home with you when you ate at a nice steakhouse, since they have nice steak knives. I showed my disapproval, and thought that was that.

Until this evening when I did the few dishes sitting on the counter and discovered a knife I had never seen before sitting in a pot that had been soaking overnight.

Basically, your husband stole a steak knife. I've never heard of this "tradition" (and I'm confident I'm not alone), and I've eaten at a few nice steak houses (including Ruth's Chris).

I've never taken home a steak knife from any steak house where I've eaten.

One thing you could do is refuse to wash the knife if he uses it. Steak knives (and most knives, really) should be hand-washed. If he wants to steal one, HE can wash it.

[Victory Sabre]

I have never heard of that either. Don't ever bring him to a steak house again.

[taxguykarl]

First time I heard any such thing. Flatware, especially steak knives, is not cheap--your DH stole it. I hope you didn't put it in your purse as in most states that's called carrying a concealed weapon.

[Aragarthiel]

No, I'm not sure how he got it out past me (his pockets weren't that deep), but he told me his dad has done it, his brothers have done it, so it's a tradition. I can't get him to take it back until next week (bit of a lengthy drive), so until then, it's in my possession. I washed it and put it away so when he takes it back, it'll still be in presentable condition.

[Argus]

but he told me his dad has done it, his brothers have done it, so it's a tradition.

So, his family has a "tradition" of theft?

[Bright_Star]

That's not a tradition. It's stealing. He oughta know better.

[KuariKaydrith]

Shitty tradition, if you ask me. Sadly, I have heard of this before - I used to date a jerk who thought this sort of behaviour was acceptable. Key words there are 'used to'. I caught him doing this at a steak house once, dumped his ass in the parking lot after, and called a taxi home.

[wolfie]

I used to date a jerk who thought this sort of behaviour was acceptable. Key words there are 'used to'. I caught him doing this at a steak house once, dumped his ass in the parking lot after, and called a taxi home.

Too bad you weren't the one driving, so HE had to take a cab. Would have been even better if it had been a small town on a statutory holiday, when the cabs added a "holiday callout" fee to the meter.

Many years back I helped a friend move, and among their glassware there was one from a bar called "Bettyjoe's" - friend's wife (Betty Joe Lastname) had stolen it.

[Aragarthiel]

Okay, so, a couple of updates. First: we stopped by my in-laws' house today and I asked my mother-in-law about this "tradition." She doesn't like it either but she can't stop my father-in-law, he's a stubborn old truck driver who probably never gets to visit the same steakhouse twice. Hubs' brothers never really got into it, they'd rather just ask if they could buy something they saw and liked.

Second: Hubs went by the steakhouse today to drop the knife back off. Apparently, they lose their knives to customers all the time, but they sell them to anyone who asks. The manager appreciated him bringing it back so he let Hubs buy it, which was good for me because it meant that he brought home proof that he actually went and tried to return the knife.

I'm still mad at Hubs, but at the same time, I appreciate the cool manager who let him buy the knife that he'd stolen. I know not all managers would be that calm about it, and Hubs knows now that he lost his nice restaurant privileges for a year or two.

[BearLeeBadenaugh]

Maybe I'm a bit of a blade snob, but I haven't been to a steakhouse that uses what I would call a "good" knife. I wouldn't want to keep their shoddy piece of serrated crap. Just once I'd like to go to a restaurant where they give me a real blade. Serrations belong on bread knives, dangit.

[wolfie]

Apparently, they lose their knives to customers all the time, but they sell them to anyone who asks.

Smart move - they realize customers will want a souveiner steak knife, so they take the situation and turn it from a loss into a profit.

Maybe I'm a bit of a blade snob, but I haven't been to a steakhouse that uses what I would call a "good" knife. I wouldn't want to keep their shoddy piece of serrated crap.

On another forum (now closed), I read about someone who worked in a knife shop, and as a joke had some friends come in and ask the boss about a Henkel knife serrator. As a blade snob, I'm sure you realize why this does not exist.

[kibbles]

I know not all managers would be that calm about it, and Hubs knows now that he lost his nice restaurant privileges for a year or two.

He was banned from the restaurant??

[dbuzman]

He was banned from the restaurant??

I think Aragarthiel means she banned him from nice restaurants.

[Aragarthiel]

I think Aragarthiel means she banned him from nice restaurants.

Exactly. I saved up so he could go, and he stole something. So he lost his privileges.