I suspect people don't totally appreciate being taken out for a treat when it appears to be a chore for those doing the treating. It can happen at any age, but what I saw the other day concerned a middle-aged couple, probably married, and an older woman, probably the mother of one of them.
The three of them were at brunch, two tables away from ours. Of course I noticed them, since I am a confirmed people-watcher -- a term I much prefer over "nosey."

