Liberation

Cherry

By purplehaze

Fri, 08 Nov 2024
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Oh, the liberation of driving in a car!  The quick journey time, spontaneously stopping wherever, on a whim.  I love it.

What I don’t love, when taking the notion to drive into Burghead to have lunch at ‘The Bothy’, is to find that they ‘don’t seat people on their own’. 

When I was inside the bistro, which was empty apart from one elderly couple and a family in the back room, they said ‘sorry we’re fully booked’.  Fair enough, it was a beautiful Sunday, it was lunchtime, I hadn’t booked.  But it’s a café, not the Ritz.  However, I wasn’t quite out the door when I overheard one waitress telling the younger waitress, ‘We don’t seat people on their own.’ 

Did I hear that correctly?  I should have gone back in, but it’s as well I didn’t as I’d have caused a fracas. 

Am at that age. 

Still.

Walking back to the car, I decided I must have misheard, and thought that when I got home, I’d book a table for the weekend the Logie Steading Christmas Fayre is on.   On the Bothy website, book a table button, minimum is 2 people.  On Facebook, Thursday evening special, dine for two, and their thoughts on how difficult it is for the hospitality sector nowadays as people aren’t eating out so much.  But, oh, they are looking forward to welcoming us all. 

Just not if you’re solo.

Now, I never burned a bra and can’t abide marches for causes (incendiary crowd-energy, chaotic noise, all too horrible), but I was so pissed off at this blatant discrimination I thought about putting a ranting review on Tripadvisor.  Chose not to. 

Instead, emailed them to make my case, and ask them to reconsider. 

Or, at least, offer take-away Cullen Skink.

Wish I had their recipe.

https://thebothy.co.uk/

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Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

That's awful!!!

 

Submitted by purplehaze on

Well, it wasn't very nice, but all's well that end's well - see today's post.

 

 

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Submitted by Di_Hard on

I hope they change their mind, does seem ridiculous to turn an eager patron away, as well as discriminatory

 

Submitted by purplehaze on

No response from them so far, but I did some research they have the right to serve or not serve whomever they choose, it would only be discriminatory if they had another solo person seated and refused me, that's discrimination, but even if you did have a case and won, would you really want to eat anything somewhere you'd just called them bigots anyway :-)  

Purplehaze

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

That seems extremely unfair. It's bad enough with the single room supplement. Surely it's a form of discrimination, just like the self-checkouts discriminate against people who's only chance to speak to somebody all day is at the checkout.

 

Submitted by purplehaze on

Yes, agree it's unfair, personally I like scan and shop, it really saves time.  :-) 

Also agree about single supplements though, they can be outrageous.  

Still, better than being with miserable people in miserable cafes. :-)

Purplehaze