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.
You join them in their fun
I think I’d have made a comment to a member of staff that the table is disruptive and they’re ruining your evening, let them deal with it.
I’d politely ask, and then escalate depending on their reaction.
“Hey would you guys mind keeping your volume down just a little? It’s pretty disruptive for everyone else.”
If they were assholes, I’d then chew them out and complain to staff.
Not saying that’s the most mature route tho…
I’d say if they are rude in reply to straight to staff. Chewing them out yourself is an easy way to get in a fight.
you ask the waiter if they can move you to another table
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.
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.”
You also sound patronizing and condescending here.
Edit: They have edited their comment to no longer be patronizing.
