We really do live in a world that has absolutely no issue wasting your time and talent. To all my friends who are police officers I apologize for our society's inability to contain the knowledge of knowing when you should be called upon.
A manager at Dennys just summoned the police on me to have me removed from the establishment. My cousins are in town from California and after an eventful fun night of dancing we worked up an appetite. After waiting for over 30 minutes while others who showed up after us were seated she offered us seating but we would not be able to sit together as a family. Of course we declined, what's the point if we cannot eat together as a family.
As I looked around I noticed an empty table, another table with 3 customers seated and an empty booth across from them. I know you can already see my logic, if the patrons eating at the table would be willing to relocate to the booth we would all be able to sit together.
I walked over and introduced myself, made small talk to ensure they were friendly and discovered they had just sat down and not even ordered drinks yet. I explained to them the situation and they happily agreed to sit at the booth stating they actually wanted a booth in the first place.
The manger then came over to inform me I was being disrespectful and mean by asking them to move. I told her I would agree if they felt I was overstepping my boundaries and asked her to ask them how they felt. She did and they all said they were okay and preferred a booth. The manager then said she was calling and getting the on site police officer. For what? She repeats I'm being mean.
I explain I'm a solution oriented person and see an easy way to meet both parties needs. She then states she doesn't have enough servers to serve us.
I now have more questions. If we did separate our party and 4 of us sat a booth and 2 of us at the table are we still not utilizing the same group of servers?
She's stumped now and promptly leaves to get the police officer.
People these are the situations that law enforcement should not be dealing with. the request, idea and coordination is logical and reasonable.
Why escalate?