We generally eat salad with our dinner, si this isn't much of a pet peeve for us. When we're cooking for ourselves, after work, it goes like this.
Season/prepare chicken/fish/beef/whatever
Start grill, chill wine.
Prepare Caesar salad, hand grate the cheese.
Put chicken/fish/beef/whatever on the grill
Have a beer on the deck.
Check it out after 5 minutes or so.
Have a beer on the deck.
Turn chicken/fish/beef/whatever if needed
Have a beer on the deck
Wine's ready, veggies ready, salad's ready
Get chicken/fish/beef/whatever off the grill
Serve entree with salad and wine
Voilą!
We eat
Then get ready to have a beer on the deck
With a thick T-bone or something like that, it generally will take me a full 25 minutes, sometimes less, from start to finish. Sometimes I get a good salad in a restaurant, but I'm not fond of iceberg lettuce, nor typical garden salads. Appetizers are different, but unless they have things that are very low carb, I usually pass on them as well.
I have a full rack of baby-backs to prepare soon, I'll time it