"Janet" > wrote in message
t...
> In article >, says...
>>
>> "Janet" > wrote in message
>> t...
>> > In article >, says...
>> >>
>> >> "sf" > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >> >
>> >> > I wonder why? He's a restaurateur for cripe's sake.
>> >> > http://totaliceland.com/here-is-one-...id-in-iceland/
>> >>
>> >> And you think people who own restaurants should never go out to eat
>> >> elsewhere? Especially while traveling?
>> >>
>> >> If I owned a restaurant, I wouldn't want to fall behind the times and
>> >> I
>> >> would for sure check out my competitors. And if I traveled, I would
>> >> most
>> >> likely want to go out to eat at least some of the time.
>> >
>> > and if you had half a brain you'd read the link before making a
>> > comment that demonstrates you haven't a clue what happened or what
>> > you're talking about.
>> >
>> > Janet UK
>>
>> I did read it. Maybe I missed something? I'll look again. Nope. I
>> didn't
>> miss a thing. What did you think I missed?
>
> That the restaurant owner rudely evicted his other restaurant
> customers from tables where they were already eating, when Ramsay's
> group arrived.

Yes. I saw that he did that.
>
> Which has nothing whatever to do with Ramsay wanting to go out to eat
> when travelling.
>>
>> I tried to quote it but couldn't. Bottom line, they moved people to the
>> bar
>> because a celebrity was coming. Gordon being the celebrity. I don't
>> really
>> see the problem here other than them moving the other diners (no
>> specifics
>> as to what that means)
>
> It means people sitting at a table eating their dinner. As the
> article makes clear.

Yes. I know that. You say that he did it rudely. We don't know. The
article isn't specific as to what was said to them.
>
>
>>which wouldn't necessarily be the first time a
>> business has done something like this.
>
> In this country it would be considered incredibly rude both to the
> customers asked to move, and to Ramsays' party, made to feel embarrassed
> for disrupting other peoples' evening.

It wasn't in that country. And the fact that they asked people to move has
nothing to do with why sf made the big deal of the Gordon Ramsey part.

If I were in that situation and asked to move, I might feel ticked off. I
sure wouldn't feel embarrassed!
>
>
>> I have been moved to the bar on occasion when a restaurant was busy and
>> so
>> have my parents.
>
> What, you were sitting at a restaurant table you had booked in
> advance, you had given your order, the food had just been served and you
> were about to eat it, then you were asked to move and eat it somewhere
> else for the convenience of other customers who had just arrived
> ???????????
I rarely ever book a restaurant in advance and I sure wouldn't for two
people. Nowhere in this article did it say that the people got their food
and were about to eat it. But yes, that has happened to me. And it has
happened to my parents. The wait staff will take the food and drinks to
another table. Have even had them come up and say that they are sorry but
that our specific table had been reserved and they didn't realize it so they
would have to move us. Things like this haven't happened often and I
couldn't even tell you know where it happened. Was many years ago and
obviously I wasn't upset enough about it to have paid it a lot of mind.