On 2014-04-22 12:30 PM, jmcquown wrote:
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> I don't go to the Formal Dining Room for obvious reasons. It's a tad
> too fru-fru for me
>
> They recently issued an update to the Dress Code. No tank tops. Good
> lord, people! Are you Puritans?

>
> It's a golf resort. It sometimes gets up to 100°F in the summer. You
> expect people to wear sleeves? You're not allowed to wear hats, visors
> or caps in the Club, either. Excuse me?


Perhaps the prices are to enforce their apparent desire to keep out the
riffraff. It should not have to have a rule about wearing hats. I have
a bit of an issue about the ban on tank tops since there are a lot of
fashionable tank tops for women. OTOH.... there are a lot of trashy tank
tops, and tank tops on men are IMO unsuitable for a nice restaurant. I
don't know when it ever became acceptable for men to wear a hat in a
restaurant.




> We're not talking about a population of wannabe gangsta's wearing
> backwards baseball caps, wreaking havoc. We're talking about people who
> play golf and wear visors to shade their eyes from the sun. Men aren't
> allowed to wear them inside the Club at all. Women are only allowed to
> wear caps/visors between certain hours. HUH?!

Sure. They shade their eyes when they are playing golf outside. If they
are in the dining hall they should take them off.

>
> Some of these rules are absolutely ridiculous. When the latest dress
> code missive was published I replied suggesting they could solve the
> problem by issuing everyone a *uniform*. (not kidding)
>

I imagine the prices scare a lot of people off. I hope the few that are
willing to pay so much for relatively plain fare enjoy their
exclusivity. Veal prices must be much higher down there. Veal chops sold
around here are cheaper than beef steaks. It's bad enough that they
charge $36 for a veal chop, but then they hit you up for $4 for green
beans?????? $5 for potato puree?? A veal chop with potato and two
vegetables jumps it up to roughly $60.

Count me out.