For all her family’s generations of well-mannered breeding, Lizzie Post is not immune to the awkward moment. She was out to dinner not long ago with friends, and as the hour grew late, the wine flowed, and so did the foul language coming from her group. A man from another table came over and asked that they tone things down because he had children with him.
“I was really embarrassed,” winces Ms. Post, great-great-granddaughter of the legendary etiquette giant Emily Post.
But not so for one of her table mates. He said that it was the father who was out of line, that people curse, and that if the man wanted to take his children out in public, they’d better get used to it….
Let me guess…
“The wine flowed” too much into the boor who used the foul language and who criticized the father!
The wine was in and the wit was out. Such may be an explanation, but cannot be an excuse for shabby behavior. Society has really just lost all sense of self respect and shame.
I didn’t read past the first page of that article. Did Ms. Post or any of her friends call out the friend and tell him to be quiet or did they all sit in sheepish, cowardly silence?
NOW might be a good time for T19 to finally get out of politics. (or do you need a little more Rush?)
Sounds like both sides needed to get lawyers to sue the other, as well as the restaurant.
Someone protect me from hateful speech!