would this bother you too? Dirty rag visible at restaurant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A rag can be stained but still be clean. I take it you don’t do your own heavy cleaning…..

I realize that (and I do all of my own cleaning) but it doesn't mean I want to see it 3 feet from my face while I'm paying good money to eat.

Eat at home or ask to be seated elsewhere in the restaurant instead of complaining and making your husband deal with your issues.

Husband is a genius and a saint. He gets an automatic hallpass to fool around with anybody who isn’t a germaphobe and psychotic control freak.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Scoot yourself 3 inches to the right (or left), and your son's head would be blocking the rag from your view. Problem solved.

It was a small booth. There wasn't room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg. So you went to a random cheap restaurant, probably a chain, (entree price well <$20) and you expected some kind of magic act where everything was perfect and you are in a bubble of sterility? Whut?

Also, you can’t eat with anything “dirty” in your line of sight? What biocontainment unit did you grow up in?!

Lady, GET A GRIP!

I never indicated any of that in my post. It's not true.

[Anonymous]

I’d be more upset about being seated next to a kissing station than anything else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A rag can be stained but still be clean. I take it you don’t do your own heavy cleaning…..

This

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d be more upset about being seated next to a kissing station than anything else.

OP here
TBH I wasn't thrilled about that to begin with, but didn't want to complain. There were other issues too. The vinyl on the booth seats were very cracked/torn. This restaurant was in a tourist town and has been around for decades. It's well known/frequented by the locals as well as tourists. It's been recommended here on DCUM. We've got take out from them before when we were in town but this was our first time eating in.

[Anonymous]

Gasp. A RAG!!?!? No!! How horrific of a thing to see when you are eating; or all things. How absolutely vomitous.

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

If you pulled this when I was eating with you, I would never NEVER want to hang out with you again. I can't stand precious people who think the world should fold to their sensitive needs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gasp. A RAG!!?!? No!! How horrific of a thing to see when you are eating; or all things. How absolutely vomitous.

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

If you pulled this when I was eating with you, I would never NEVER want to hang out with you again. I can't stand precious people who think the world should fold to their sensitive needs.

If you think a dirty rag 3 feet from your face while you're eating is acceptable, I'm sure there are many other reasons why we wouldn't be friends.

[Anonymous]

Think of it as exposure therapy. Even if the rag was actually dirty (probably wasn't), it would not have harmed you or made you sick.

Just be glad they clean. The restaurateurs you have to look out for are the ones without sprayers and wipes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d be more upset about being seated next to a kissing station than anything else.

OP here
TBH I wasn't thrilled about that to begin with, but didn't want to complain. There were other issues too. The vinyl on the booth seats were very cracked/torn. This restaurant was in a tourist town and has been around for decades. It's well known/frequented by the locals as well as tourists. It's been recommended here on DCUM. We've got take out from them before when we were in town but this was our first time eating in.

Next time go to fancier establishment. This one is on you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Think of it as exposure therapy. Even if the rag was actually dirty (probably wasn't), it would not have harmed you or made you sick.

Just be glad they clean. The restaurateurs you have to look out for are the ones without sprayers and wipes

It was visibly wet and rumpled up into a ball. It might not have physically harmed me, but it looked gross while I was eating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d be more upset about being seated next to a kissing station than anything else.

OP here
TBH I wasn't thrilled about that to begin with, but didn't want to complain. There were other issues too. The vinyl on the booth seats were very cracked/torn. This restaurant was in a tourist town and has been around for decades. It's well known/frequented by the locals as well as tourists. It's been recommended here on DCUM. We've got take out from them before when we were in town but this was our first time eating in.

Next time go to fancier establishment. This one is on you.

How "fancy" does an establishment have to be to not have visibly gross things a few feet from a patron's face? I would find that unacceptable at McDonald's.

[Anonymous]

OP here
Actually it looks like it violates the VA code
"Cloths in-use for wiping counters and other equipment surfaces shall be:

1. Held between uses in a chemical sanitizer solution at a concentration specified in 12VAC5-421-3380;"

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title12/agency5/chapter421/section570/

[Anonymous]

Wow, OP. You went to a diner at the beach and are surprised it’s a diner at the beach.

Someone gets seated at the bussing station table. If you didn’t want to be seated there, say so.

Why didn’t you switch seats with your DH?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, OP. You went to a diner at the beach and are surprised it’s a diner at the beach.

Someone gets seated at the bussing station table. If you didn’t want to be seated there, say so.

Why didn’t you switch seats with your DH?

It wasn't a diner at the beach. It was nowhere near a beach and it was not a diner.