When I am eating in an upscale restaurant, I don't want to see people in shorts, t shirts, or caps. I also don't want to hear screaming kids. Part of what you are paying for is the ambiance, and nobody is entitled to mess that up. The group could have chosen a more casual restaurant.
This is not about disrespect for WW 2 vets. Dress codes are in place for a reason.
And FYI, I grew up with my grandfather who was a WW 2 vet (and frankly I never recall him ever going anywhere in public in shorts and a t-shirt).
This is not about disrespect for WW 2 vets. Dress codes are in place for a reason.
And FYI, I grew up with my grandfather who was a WW 2 vet (and frankly I never recall him ever going anywhere in public in shorts and a t-shirt).
Totally agreed! If I was eating there and realized they were World War 2 vets, I'd get up, shake each of their hands and thank them for their sacrifices for us as citizens, and for our country. Before long we won't have these men and women anymore, and any chance at meeting any of them would have been an honor.
dress codes are there for a reason... but common sense should have prevailed. there are exceptions to most rules
actually any publicity is good publicity ... $$$ terms of national coverage is hard to measure... especially coverage of them groveling trying to make things right.
actually any publicity is good publicity ... $$$ terms of national coverage is hard to measure... especially coverage of them groveling trying to make things right.
Rules are rules. If a business or any other entity is going to bend the rules then it opens up the door for any and all "groups" to feel entitled to do the same.
However, if I were a business owner and did make any concession to any group it would be the Vets.
However, if I were a business owner and did make any concession to any group it would be the Vets.
Private business. Entitled to make their own rules, as long as within the law. Doesn't make a difference it the patrons were WW2 Vets, the President, Chilean miners or local street people.
IF the comment of one of the Vets quoted above is true ("We've never had this kind of problem. Dallas must be a first-class town."), it implies attention seeking via disparaging an entire city for a restaurant not bending their rules to fit his wants, and it says as much about him as anything else.
IF the comment of one of the Vets quoted above is true ("We've never had this kind of problem. Dallas must be a first-class town."), it implies attention seeking via disparaging an entire city for a restaurant not bending their rules to fit his wants, and it says as much about him as anything else.
I like this. One of the greatest things I've seen is an old WWII vet crossing the velvet rope in the Smithsonian to get up close to an old plane similar to one he once flew. I was just a spectator taking my nephews to D.C. We stood there and watched alongside security as this frail, elderly man crossed the rope to run his hands alongside a plane he flew a lifetime ago. We watched his family admire though tears as grandpa remembered where he had been. Living history they are. Now I know what the rope and dress codes are for, but I'm not bothered by a little special treatment for a deserving celebrity. Saving the world deserves a little bonus now and then.
at least somebody get's it
some of the response's here show me some of you have no concept of what these guys did
That's ridiculous.
The hostess should have asked herself what the business owners would have wanted her to do if Tiger Woods and Obama stopped in wearing the same outfits as this group of ACTUAL HEROS!
All rules are bendable under certain circumstances.
All rules are bendable under certain circumstances.
