I was in the Woodstock Culver's last night at 9:00PM, and I was happy to see the restaurant was busy. Quite a few customers had shown up after baseball games, judging by the uniforms they were wearing.
So, when a young adult customer (let's say, age 16-17) in a baseball uniform displays his tiredness by lying down on a bench seat, should the restaurant manager approach and politely "invite" him to correct his posture?
Of course, it shouldn't be necessary. He is old enough to self-police his behavior. Or maybe his friends could have asked him to "sit up". Or if his parents were the older folks with him, they should have asked him to sit up or, if necessary, told him to sit up.
If he was so tired that he couldn't sit up, someone could have helped him out to the car so he could take a nap there.
If you see such a behavior in a restaurant, does it affect your decision to return to that restaurant?
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3 months ago
2 comments:
Restaurants, and everywhere else you go in this life, there will be people that annoy, irritate, and even scare you. The choice is yours on how you feel about, and deal with it.
Did you want to sit on the bench? If yes, you can say ... young man, can you make some room? If no, smile to yourself and be happy a teenager is spending his time playing ball instead of being destructive to himself and others around him.
If there were etiquette police (or managers), 90% of the population would be booted out of every Walmart and grocery store across this nation.
I don't generally agree with Karen but I do in this case. If you don't like the way they run their business and allow patrons to act, then LEAVE. As she asked, do you want to sit there? If so, you may have a gripe. If not, then simply mind your own business and sit elsewhere or leave.
Assuming the restaurant is crowded and two kids are sitting or make that lounging in a booth. Are you going to sit down and join them or will you wait for another table to open up? Or leave? I doubt that most rational individuals would intrude on an unknown party at any restaurant. Would you?
If you feel you must impose your standards on others, why not just leave and as you do so, tell the manager why you're leaving and that you're never coming back.
Be a sport! Brighten his/her day.
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