Originally Posted by
BuildingMyBento
Indeed, but I think restaurants do that to consolidate the area that needs to be looked after. Of course, it's a double-edged sword, as if the variable is too loud/meddlesome other customers may complain/not eat there in the first place, whoops!
Originally Posted by
steveo3002
yeah i understand they need use one section , but surley when its slow leave a gap between customers , shouldnt be hard to know a couple might not want to sit next to a family with 4 rowdy kids
Exactly. I have asked to be moved in such circumstances, and on the rare occasion when I am offered resistance by the server, maitre 'd or manager, I have said, "Fine, then we'll be leaving." I should note, too, that we only go to restaurants where such nuisances are neither expected nor should be tolerated. In a so-called "family restaurant," this would be the luck of the draw. However, we avoid such establishments like plague.