My family was away, so I spent Thanksgiving weekend alone in San Francisco. I decided to treat myself to a nice dinner at a good restaurant and, knowing that the evening would be busy, I went out at 5 p.m. To my shock, three restaurants in a row refused to seat me, not because they had no tables, but because I was alone. In each one, I was told that they needed to "maximize seating", and thus could not accommodate single diners! Each offered to let me sit at the bar, or at high bar tables (without tablecloths) in the bar area, but none would let me eat in the dining room, even when there were obviously empty tables right in front of me. I couldn't help thinking that if I were a party of three wanting to sit at a table which would accommodate four, they would not have refused me, and I wondered if a man would have been treated the same way. I should add that I had dressed nicely, was well-groomed, and have never been refused service elsewhere.
2006-11-28
10:31:36
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