Posted on 10/15/2010 9:11:27 AM PDT by Ptarmigan
There is an old saying in the restaurant business:
"If somebody likes a place, they will tell a friend, if they don't, they will tell ten."
I agree on the dress code, in general, but this is a case where an exception should have been made to avoid all the negative publicity.
Do you believe all dress codes should be outlawed then?
My wife and I have discussed this, where at one time a suit for a gentleman and a dress for a lady was expected. However, the entire flying experience is different today. Being herded like cattle, poked and prodded by the TSA and then jammed into a seat that appears to have been designed for a 12 year old, comfort is a consideration.
Sounds like your attire is quite presentable and appropriate, although you may have noticed, as we have, people who seem to think wearing their pajamas on the flight is okay.
I believe that people should have a little more self respect.
Then dress codes would not be needed.
I also believe that if a person is showing pride as a veteran, they should be catered to.
If not for the vet, they wouldn’t have the freedom to earn a living as they see fit.
I think that our vets deserve more respect than they get.
Speaking of Reagan - didn’t he always wear a suit, dress shirt and tie in the oval office?
You should not go to a nice restaurant dressed for the beach.
I get sick of people on flights dressed very very casual in sweat pants and they smell. Disgusting. People have no self respect. Dirty slobs.
So true. The restaurant was put in a no win situation.
If they seat them next to someone who took the time to dress appropriately, then they might tell ten, too.
Still. Something stinks about this story. I know several WWII vets, and of those who still go out, and those who went out to dinner with us and such, I cannot think of a single WWII vet in the past 20 years who would wear jeans to dinner even at casual places, much less a t-shirt without a collar! These weren't officers or desk-drivers, either.
Steve McQueen was there as a POW.
Ok, ok. Point taken.
I still think, and will continue to think that vets
don’t get 1/4 of the respect they deserve.
My mistake and apologies.
I looked it up - 3 Americans in the camp but no Americans were involved in the escape. they were in another compound. Americans DID do a lot of digging. They were moved to another compound just before the escape. Supposedly The Cooler King (McQueen) was an American Colonel named Jerry Sage who was OSS and did take his ball and glove to the Cooler. He could not uise the tunnel as all Americans were moved. He later did escape by other means.
He has a book Sage The Man They Called Dagger of the OSS. Out of print but used copies are out there.
He sounds even larger than life
Sorry more than three Americans in the camp.
I knew there were very few Americans there, but didn’t realize it was just three. If that’s the case, then this guy had to be one of the three.
They were willing to march into the gates of Hell and die in their skivvies if necessary so there could even be a Texas, let alone a snobby restaurant. If not for these men and their brave ilk, you'd be speaking, (and possibly even looking), Japanese or German, and this conversation wouldn't be taking place. Do you fully understand that? GOD BLESS THOSE VETERANS, I am eternally indebted to each and every one of them.
These old vets did not conform to the dress code..... But an exception should have been made on the basis of age and military service
Right on! As a WWII vet I don’t believe being so gives me some right to violate another persons right to manage their own property. Of course my attitude these days often are counter to modern behavior, not that I was a goody-goddy in my younger years.
 From left: Members of the Second Schweinfurt Memorial Association who visited Dallas this week were Pete Mullinax of Conroe, Texas; George Roberts of Gulfport, Miss.; Herman Molen of Mabank, Texas; Herschel Higgins of San Jose, Calif.; Jay Coberly of Lexington, Ky.; and John Noack of Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas. |
They look like they'd fit right in with the already-seated patrons.
There are exceptions to the “rules” and perhaps this is one of those times.
In the end the manager did make a conciliatory
gesture which was classy.
There are exceptions to the “rules” and perhaps this is one of those times.
In the end the manager did make a conciliatory
gesture which was classy.
I don’t get it? They are wearing suits and ties here at a hotel banquet/meeting room.
If they were attired like this at Puck’s place then no problem but lose the hat when you walk in.
Why would they show up it t-shirts and ball caps at a place nicer than a hotel meeting room? Something does not add up.
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