Dressing down of society...

[DizBelle]

Ok folks, even though it is a casual restaurant like Olive Garden, I think it warrants dressing better than in gym clothes.

Secondly, I really don't want to see armpit hair in any dining establishment.

 

[addicted_to_WDW]

I can't say that I care enough to check out what other patrons of the Olive Garden are wearing.

 

[luvmy3]

Ok folks, even though it is a casual restaurant like Olive Garden, I think it warrants dressing better than in gym clothes.

Secondly, I really don't want to see armpit hair in any dining establishment.

Was it on a male or female?

 

[JR6ooo4]

No males wearing sandals!

Mikeeee

 

[DizBelle]

Was it on a male or female?

Does it matter? Male or female, I really don't want to see your armpit hair.

 

[Micca]

The #2 reason to avoid the Olive Garden.

 

[DizBelle]

The #2 reason to avoid the Olive Garden.

Dare I ask what the number 1 reason is?

 

[golfgal]

Does it matter? Male or female, I really don't want to see your armpit hair.

I am a very casual person and I have to agree with this!! I wouldn't put Olive Garden up there with any place I would need to "dress up" but put on something that is clean and covers your basic body parts.

 

[luvmy3]

Does it matter? Male or female, I really don't want to see your armpit hair.

I don't care what people wear when they go out to dinner, I'm there to focus on my family and my dinner, not what kind of fashion statement someone chooses to make. I most likely wouldn't notice a man with a sleeveless shirt, a woman with hairy armpits, yes I would have. I still wouldn't care what she wore but I'd definitely notice.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

So is it bad enough for a people at olive garden website?


I do think society will notice people not addressed appropriately for any given location. Be it a ballgown at walmart or something appropriate for the beach at a restaurant that has a wait staff.

Society has been dressing down for decades, though.

I like a more proper dress--but my proper dress insn't what proper dress was in the 1950s. I don't complain though when I do "have" to dress up. I like to do so.

I do think society--especially where I live as it is "beachy"---dresses too down far too often. But I don't balk when the few times we have gone to the Chart House and proper attire as anywhere from Sunday best to deck shoes, khaki shorts and a smart polo or tropical shirt. But that's the environment here. That would not pass (most likely) at a comperable establishment in a big city away from the water.

Does it affect me--not necessarily. But if I dress "appropriate" for some place and some random person walks in in cut offs and a bikini top, it would be noticed. Especially if they have extras we usually shave off in the USA.

 

[MIGrandma]

For a second there I thought I was on a popular cruising website where they bicker back and forth about the "formal night" dress code.

I'm not one to care what other people wear to dinner on a cruise.

Same for restaurants on land. What other people wear has no impact on whether or not I enjoy my dinner out. Nor does armpit air.

 

[GeorgeG]

So, I guess most people wouldn't care if I walked into an Olive Garden wearing only a thong? There has to be some standard for appropriate dress in public places, any public place. It doesn't have to be jacket and tie or gowns, but there is such a thing as nice casual. It signifies basic respect for yourself and others. That's what I would wear to Olive Garden or anyplace similar. T-shirts and the sort are okay for fast food like McDonalds, and gym wear and pajamas are for the gym and home. On men, hats should not be worn at any table, indoors our out. It's just basic manners. And yes, I'm an old fart...

 

[luvmy3]

So, I guess most people wouldn't care if I walked into an Olive Garden wearing only a thong? There has to be some standard for appropriate dress in public places, any public place. It doesn't have to be jacket and tie or gowns, but there is such a thing as nice casual. It signifies basic respect for yourself and others. That's what I would wear to Olive Garden or anyplace similar. T-shirts and the sort are okay for fast food like McDonalds, and gym wear and pajamas are for the gym and home. On men, hats should not be worn at any table, indoors our out. It's just basic manners. And yes, I'm an old fart...

Thongs fall below that standard If the Olive Garden had a specific standard in mind, then they would make it policy, since it apparently was allowed there it must meet their standards.

 

[MIGrandma]

So, I guess most people wouldn't care if I walked into an Olive Garden wearing only a thong? There has to be some standard for appropriate dress in public places, any public place. It doesn't have to be jacket and tie or gowns, but there is such a thing as nice casual. It signifies basic respect for yourself and others. That's what I would wear to Olive Garden or anyplace similar. T-shirts and the sort are okay for fast food like McDonalds, and gym wear and pajamas are for the gym and home. On men, hats should not be worn at any table, indoors our out. It's just basic manners. And yes, I'm an old fart...

I knew you must be an old fart when you talked about wearing hats at the table.

 

[redlight]

Really.. who cares?

 

[daisax]

It doesn't have to be jacket and tie or gowns, but there is such a thing as nice casual. It signifies basic respect for yourself and others. That's what I would wear to Olive Garden or anyplace similar. T-shirts and the sort are okay for fast food like McDonalds,

Maybe for them, Olive Garden IS the equivalent of McDonalds.

 

[Aisling]

I can't say that I care enough to check out what other patrons of the Olive Garden are wearing.

I don't go checking people out, either, but some things are right-in-your-face obvious.

Butt cracks, underarm hair, the man wearing spandex pants in McDonald's...

 

[EMom]

Be it male or female, armpit hair is a nasty sight while dining. it just is. Maybe if my vision was poorer, I wouldn't mind, but my dear father cursed me with eagle eye vision.

On the subject of Olive Garden, we ate there last night and I saw a strange thing in the ladies room. I wash washing my hands and the changing table was off to the side, blocked off by a bit of a wall so that it was only partially visible. I could only see the very end of the changing table, and that was just out of the corner of my eye. But I thought I saw the feet and legs of a Build A Bear sitting on the changing table. I figured someone was changing a toddler and the BAB was the kid's, so they'd put it down at the end.

After I finished washing my hands, I discovered the paper towel dispenser near me was empty, so I'd have to use the one by the changing table. I walked that way, only to see that there was no toddler being changed. Nope, there was a girl in her late teens, changing TWO Build A Bears directly on the changing table. Yep, down to their "diapers." She didn't looked addled or anything and lord knows, no one was watching over her, so I think she just took her BABs very seriously. I dried my hands and got out of there before I started LMAO.

We were seated just after that and I told DH and DD about it, noting that the girl was clearly not a real mother yet, as she was not using a changing pad. DD said, "Oh no! Who knows WHAT was on that changing table." DH and I cracked up, because we were both thinking the same thing. Those poor BABs may have taken home some icky souvenirs from Olive Garden that night.

 

[Aisling]

Maybe for them, Olive Garden IS the equivalent of McDonalds.

I'm sure a person who prefers Zagat-listed restaurants would STILL know the difference in proper attire between Olive Garden and McDonald's.

 

[daisax]

I'm sure a person who prefers Zagat-listed restaurants would STILL know the difference in proper attire between Olive Garden and McDonald's.

I don't wear shorts to restaurants (McDonalds or otherwise), but I wear t-shirts and jeans most weekends and wouldn't change to go to Olive Garden. To me that's the kind of place you duck into for dinner, not a destination worth dressing up for.