10% off if you check your kids there too.

petefrt on January 6, 2013 at 3:12 AM

I heard one of the airlines has an extra-cost seating area where no children under 12 are allowed. What took them so long.

petefrt on January 6, 2013 at 3:14 AM

Obviously, you are a crypto-tyrant who is representative of the ever-growing nannification of the private sector!

All my books are on an electronic device.

Illinidiva on January 6, 2013 at 8:28 AM

That would save book burners a lot of time.

There are certainly some sanctimonious people on here this morning. This is totally a voluntary thing, a way for the restaurant to incentivize what they think is a good behavior. And, y’all are treating them as if they’re the Spanish Inquisition. Next time you’re in a restaurant, read a book.

GWB on January 6, 2013 at 7:09 AM

I don’t have any problem with the restaurant policy, as it is voluntary. But it does seem a lot of people have been asleep the last five years and missed just how drastically the definition of “phone” has changed. I mean, what book would you like me to read? Maybe the Bible? I may do that, but my Bible is on my phone.

There are certainly some sanctimonious people on here this morning. This is totally a voluntary thing, a way for the restaurant to incentivize what they think is a good behavior. And, y’all are treating them as if they’re the Spanish Inquisition. Next time you’re in a restaurant, read a book.

GWB on January 6, 2013 at 7:09 AM

All my books are on an electronic device.

Aero didn’t say that he/she was yelled at. What s/he did say was that when eating at restaraunts it’s “on my own terms”. This is self-important tripe. When you eat at a restaurant, you are doing so on their terms, and by going there and being seated you are agreeing to those terms.

And again, if you simply don’t like the restaurant’s policy, taking it out on the server is wrong. If the server is rude, that is a completely different issue.

HidetheDecline on January 5, 2013 at 11:51 PM

If you’ve read aero’s post you’ll know that in the situation in question the waitress was the one basically judging them. If waitresses want to pass condescending judgment on how people who are paying for a nice night out want to pass their time, then the patrons in question have the right to not leave them tips.

No one cares about people reading blogs or whatnot but if you are stuck between three tables of braying aholes shouting crap about ‘the business’ (there is nothing else, even if you’re no in it) and you know the deal.

(That’s a different thread…I’m against all deductions in general. Especially ones for Hollywood to make entertainment. But hey…see you next thread!)

The key is that it is voluntary. By a private sector entity.

I’m wondering how long it will be until some Libbie Lawmaker decides we need to make it mandatory in all restaurants and public venues.

Personally, it would depend upon the food and service and I still wouldn’t give up my phone. All it takes is a minute or so for many phones to give up their data. I usually put it on vibrate and take the call outside if it is important. But usually, incoming is going to voicemail when I’m otherwise engaged.

I patronize a restaurant because I enjoy eating/being there, not because of some fru-fru policy. I “vote” with my feet.

Illinidiva on January 5, 2013 at 11:26 PM

aero on January 6, 2013 at 12:41 AM

I had some sanctimonious waiter giving me the crap….

mjk on January 6, 2013 at 12:54 AM

There are certainly some sanctimonious people on here this morning. This is totally a voluntary thing, a way for the restaurant to incentivize what they think is a good behavior. And, y’all are treating them as if they’re the Spanish Inquisition. Next time you’re in a restaurant, read a book.

I’m currently planning my lawsuit against the restaurant for discriminating against me because I don’t own a cell phone and therefore can’t take advantage of their discount.

CoffeeMan on January 5, 2013 at 11:50 PM

The scary thing about that thought is, you would probably win that lawsuit.

If you are texting or reading, have your phone on vibrate, or even talking softly on your phone it would not be an issue.

And if the waiter is having to pause in her/his busy job while you explain to jimmy that he needs to set the microwave oven at 2:00 minutes to heat up his dinner, I can see your host being a bit testy.

The two worst job are waiting tables and checkout clerks. I have more than once chided people for being rude to checkout clerks just because they know the clerk cannot defend him/herself.

I can’t abide a bully.