On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:31:26 -0800, Serene >
wrote:

>Serene wrote:
>
>> Oh, Dee Dee, please don't think anything of it. I was mostly teasing
>> (that's what the smiley was about). I find the whole
>> cameras-in-restaurants thing to be crass, but I really think it's fine
>> if other people have a different take on the matter. The only person
>> whose behavior I'm responsible for is my own. :-)
>
>(That said, if I have a dining partner who is rude in my presence in
>a restaurant -- being rude to waitstaff, making cellphone calls at
>the table, taking lots of flash photos -- I do reserve my right to
>quietly stop accepting invitations to dine with that person in
>public. There are a couple people like that in my life. They don't
>know it -- I think it's even ruder to shame people -- but I either
>have them over when we eat, or I decline their invitations to eat at
>restaurants.)

Louise had an acquaintance like that. Long before I was around they
would go out to eat. The woman was loud, rude, demanding and just
obnoxious. She never accepted the meal and always sent it back. She
even did it at McShitties. Louise finally got tired of it and
honestly told her she didn't have to go out to eat alone. They don't
speak much anymore, but it's certainly no loss.

Lou