Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.
When is it acceptable to ask for a different table when being seated at a restaurant?
The second time, I politely asked the hostess if we could have another table, and she gracefully complied. I thanked her profusely and made sure to leave a good tip for our waiter. The restaurant was busy, but there were plenty of open tables and no waiting time, so I didn’t feel I was being unreasonable.
This has happened before, and while I will sometimes accept the seating to avoid an argument, it often makes the meal less appetizing for me. The nearness to a restroom and its accompanying traffic and smells is unpleasant, and if there are open seats elsewhere, I will ask to be reseated.But your husband will not. The etiquette problem here is not the seating, but the sulking.
Your husband, however, mistakes restaurateurs for social hosts, whom it would be rude to criticize. Specifically, he is thinking of the mean sort of social hosts, who make a hobby of snickering at everyone’s table manners.I was shopping at a popular store and noticed that my favorite bar soap was on sale at a shelf-clearing price. I loaded up my cart with rhapsodic thoughts of not having to return to buy soap for quite some time, and stood in line at the cash register.
México Últimas Noticias, México Titulares
Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.
| Miss Manners: Is it rude to ask for a different table in a restaurant?Letter writer’s husband was not happy about requesting a different table at a restaurant.
Leer más »
Miss Manners: Am I really ‘trying too hard to be liked’?My ex-friend thinks my use of etiquette is performative.
Leer más »
Miss Manners: A former friend said he believes my use of etiquette is merely performative... my love of homemade gifts and handwritten letters were criticized as attempts to be unique and likable, not genuine acts of etiquette.
Leer más »
Miss Manners: My husband was upset by my request at the restaurantPlus: I resisted making a snappy reply to the nosy women at the checkout.
Leer más »
Miss Manners: Is it rude to ask for a different table when being seated at a restaurant?I politely asked the hostess if we could have another table, and she gracefully complied. My husband was upset ... .
Leer más »
| Miss Manners: Is my use of proper etiquette ‘performative?’A friend told this letter writer that their proper etiquette is “performative.”
Leer más »