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Soxman 05-21-2016 07:10 AM

Patio at Evans Prairie
 
Six of us were seated in the open patio area at Evans Prairie enjoying a drink. A very large party of golf people were gathered at the opposite corner of the patio having some sort of party. Eventually the golf people began to move near us and all took seats at tables for some kind of awards event. Now, we were seated first, and then they all came over. Well, they had the nerve to tell our group to shut up and stop talking so that they could hear the speaker from their group.

What is the protocol here? There were no other tables large enough for our group, so we could not move. The server directed us to those seats when we arrived. This was the open patio area.

looneycat 05-21-2016 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Soxman (Post 1229592)
Six of us were seated in the open patio area at Evans Prairie enjoying a drink. A very large party of golf people were gathered at the opposite corner of the patio having some sort of party. Eventually the golf people began to move near us and all took seats at tables for some kind of awards event. Now, we were seated first, and then they all came over. Well, they had the nerve to tell our group to shut up and stop talking so that they could hear the speaker from their group.

What is the protocol here? There were no other tables large enough for our group, so we could not move. The server directed us to those seats when we arrived. This was the open patio area.

you tell the person that they are a sphincter aperture and that if they wanted exclusive use of the patio they should have reserved the entire patio. Then call the manager over.

jimbo2012 05-21-2016 07:20 AM

the protocol is simple, tell them to fly a kite.

:boxing2:

ColdNoMore 05-21-2016 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by looneycat (Post 1229598)
you tell the person that they are a sphincter aperture and that if they wanted exclusive use of the patio they should have reserved the entire patio. Then call the manager over.

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Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 1229601)
the protocol is simple, tell them to fly a kite.

:boxing2:


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Soxman 05-21-2016 10:06 AM

Thanks ... Wanted to tell them to take a hike, but was trying not to start an argument.

dbussone 05-21-2016 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Soxman (Post 1229701)
Thanks ... Wanted to tell them to take a hike, but was trying not to start an argument.



An adult approach, unfortunately, doesn't always work. The "take a hike" approach almost always does.

Miles42 05-21-2016 11:45 PM

Simple for me to tell them to move on and shut up.

looneycat 05-23-2016 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dbussone (Post 1229743)
An adult approach, unfortunately, doesn't always work. The "take a hike" approach almost always does.

:agree:

dewilson58 05-23-2016 02:49 PM

Wow.

I usually take the high-road, but I don't think I could have in this situation.

:boxing2:


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