Only a first time baby-sitting uncle puts a toddler at the table before the food is there. Toddlers don't sit making polite chit-chat about the latest Constitutional crisis. Get the food in, and get out of there, before a plate goes through a window. Fast Food CEOs also know that Dads are looking not so much for nutrition, but for effortless child monitoring. They are looking for a break during the arduous 4 hours Mommy assigned them alone with junior on the weekend.
Food is minor.
Already Brian is shedding his coat and tugging at his shoes. Food is delivered, but Brian isn't there to taste. It is a glassed in area filled with safe, energy draining, diversions for kids. Occasionally Brian drifts to our table to scarf down fries, and a bite or two of a burger. He exclaims after a sip of apple juice.