Ha! During this whole discussion I've been thinking about something I learned working as a hostess at a fancy-schmancy restaurant ...
Proper etiquette (as in 1930's-esque, high-society propriety) states that you should always seat a couple dining in a restaurant so the lady has full view of the room ... i.e., her back cannot be to the door. If I remember right, the reason for this was so the lady could easily be seen and noticed by people coming in, since, of course, she would be the more attractive of the two to look upon, and as a sign of respect. By giving her the position of "power" at the table, you elevate her status. Or something like that. I play a little secret game with my husband when we're out to eat by ALWAYS taking the seat facing the door for this reason. He hasn't figured it out yet. -----Original Message----- From: Erika L. Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] In fact, I'm so against back to the door anything that I even refuse to sit in a restaurant with my back to a door. I ask for a table along a wall or in a booth. But then again I grew up in New Jersey ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240953 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
