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What's the correct way to tell a very rowdy group of people in a restaurant to...stfu. (feddit.uk)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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Context: Me and my partner went out for a meal last night. 7-9. The restaurant in question was absolutely heaving as you'd expect on a Friday night. And we got unfortunately positioned directly next to the offending group of maybe 10 adults and 3-4 young kids.

I should say, the kids weren't the issue here, for the most part they were on a separate table and we didn't hear them (we've got two of our own, we don't mind a bit of kid noise). The adults though, oh boy.

Now normally I'm not one to complain (guess what - I didn't complain) but these guys were getting looks from across the entire venue. They're swearing, they're doing some sort of (almost comedic) booming laughing thing that wouldn't have been out of place at a Brian Blessed convention and this went on for the entire 2 hours they were there.

In short: how do you get a party of people to tone it down just a little so that the rest of us can enjoy our evening out, without getting a torrent of abuse or making it incredibly awkward? Is It even possible?

Edit

This...went in a direction I wasn't expecting. Just trying to drum up a little Saturday morning activity for the community. If I was that bothered I'd have just asked the staff to ask them to tell the group to quieten down.

I'm not sure how or why this got into a debate about the rights and wrongs of GenZ; a generation I'm not even a member of but hey ho.

Y'all have a nice day now.

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[–] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You ask the staff? God I'm going to sound like a boomer but what the fuck is gen z learning growing up? This is real basic shit.

[–] giantfloppycock@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You sound like a boomer because you’re answering it like a condescending dick. Could have simply said “ask the staff”.

Edit: removed the following text because it was interpreted as an attack(?):

“Anyway, I hope you have a nice day. I’m going for a walk to enjoy the cold air.”

[–] rdyoung@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

You don't sound like a boomer. Stop using that term like that. You stated a truth. A truth that a large number of younglings don't want to accept. I'm not sure I remember anyone being as sensitive to the truth and so adverse to expanding their horizons as I've seen over the past decade or so.

It's a big big problem with online discourse. People can't take simple statements of fact and don't know how to take something at face value without "reading between the lines" and seeing hostility where there is none. Maybe it's a perk of being on the spectrum but more people should strive to be a bit autistic sometimes, it would help especially online and in real life dealing with strangers, coworkers, etc.