The exception is when you are seated at a window. She should face out. I can understand this reasoning -- the vast majority of the time, my date is much more fun to look at that I am.
--BenD Shawna Hampton wrote: > 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240957 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
