On Apr 16, 11:58*am, "Pete C." > wrote:
> Metspitzer wrote:
>
> > I was taught not too put my elbows on the table in a restaurant. Since
> > it is a very comfortable position, I ignore my manners. *When that
> > happens, I always look around and find, at least, half of the room
> > doing the same.
>
> That bit of dining etiquette seems to have gone the way of the dodo,
> even in some pretty high end restaurants. Times change, people change...

And not always for the better.

N.