This is why almost any restaurant will prevent the waitstaff from wearing political buttons or devices. If she wears the bracelet, it offends the ever-so-easily-offended liberals who may be her customers. If she is prevented from wearing the bracelet, it offends TEA Party supporters, who also may be customers.
The restaurant just wants to sell inferior cuts of meat at inflated prices to unsuspecting rubes who don't realize that for a third the price and five minutes work, they could have an infinitely superior dining experience at home. Politics gets in the way of that.
I agree that any intelligent business will not allow any type of political statement. It can only offend some customers. Why do that? Most businesses would then simply tell the employee to remove the problem until after work. Your answer does not address the mothers’ claim about the ruling. I was simply pointing out what she said. As to your comments about Outback itself, those are opinions and logically irrefutable. Rubes need restaurants too.
You “get” steakhouse dining.
I don’t get it either. Especially now that USDA Prime steaks are readily available at Costco.
One exception is Lucy's El Adobe in Los Angeles, whose owners are unabashed in their support for Democrats. Democrat campaign literature is featured in their lobby. They also serve good food, which is the only reason I eat there.
Whenever I go there, I always ask if they are related to the El Adobe restaurant in San Juan Capistrano, and they always tell me, "no," usually rather curtly. The Capistrano eatery was President Nixon's favorite restaurant.