i never have my back face the door. as my forefathers in the old saloon days would tell me, you gotta see who ya gotta kill before he sees you.
tw On 8/21/07, Shawna Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > -----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 ... > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240954 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
