NHProud Posted December 28, 2017 #26 Share Posted December 28, 2017 (edited) I find it annoying when people are on their cell phones at the dinner table however I've learned to look away . Is it just as irritating when a person who is dining alone is reading a book ? If not , why not ? As far as dress codes it is up to the establishment to regulate what is acceptable because anything goes these days . This is how to spell dessert and dining . Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited December 28, 2017 by NHProud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josy1953 Posted December 29, 2017 #27 Share Posted December 29, 2017 I find it annoying when people are on their cell phones at the dinner table however I've learned to look away . Is it just as irritating when a person who is dining alone is reading a book ? If not , why not ? As far as dress codes it is up to the establishment to regulate what is acceptable because anything goes these days . This is how to spell dessert and dining . Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Having spent my working life travelling the world I think that it is acceptable to have a book at hand if dining alone. I have invariably taken a book into restaurants when I have been alone. I would always order my meal and then read until it was served. I would never judge anyone reading if they are alone as I know from experience that waiting for 30 minutes or more for a meal with nothing to do other than watch other people eat is not nice. There is rarely anything interesting to look at in restaurants and looking at walls or a table is boring. On the other hand I would never take a book if I was eating with someone else as I think that it is incredibly rude to ignore the other people at you table. I have to say that the only place in the world where I sat down alone and never read was when I was working in China for a month because there was so much going on in their restaurants that it was entertaining to look around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake 26 Posted December 29, 2017 #28 Share Posted December 29, 2017 This is how to spell dessert and dining . Well said!! ;p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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