14 February 2004
Noisy Restaurants
Why do people like noisy restaurants? Perhaps they all hear better than I do. However, my wife also complained about the last place we dined at with family. The chatter, of lively friends, music, and clanging dishes ringing off brick walls and a tin ceiling certainly makes for a festive mood. It probably lines the restaurant owners’ pockets with added liquor sales (maybe that’s a cynical comment). But it represses serious conversation.
I guess not everyone at my table wanted to engage in thoughtful discussion. Not even entertaining tale-telling. I tend to want to go to a restaurant in order to take the minds of the hosts off the demands of serving others. That’s a privilege worth paying for. Noisy taverns and eateries are less expensive places to pass the time in conventionally social intercourse, where the mind need not be taxed. Wouldn’t it be nice to deserve that luxury?
Why do people like noisy restaurants? Perhaps they all hear better than I do. However, my wife also complained about the last place we dined at with family. The chatter, of lively friends, music, and clanging dishes ringing off brick walls and a tin ceiling certainly makes for a festive mood. It probably lines the restaurant owners’ pockets with added liquor sales (maybe that’s a cynical comment). But it represses serious conversation.
I guess not everyone at my table wanted to engage in thoughtful discussion. Not even entertaining tale-telling. I tend to want to go to a restaurant in order to take the minds of the hosts off the demands of serving others. That’s a privilege worth paying for. Noisy taverns and eateries are less expensive places to pass the time in conventionally social intercourse, where the mind need not be taxed. Wouldn’t it be nice to deserve that luxury?
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