Gay couple humiliated after being asked to leave Dublin restaurant

nokia69

unless they name the restaurant then I will have to assume that the story is made up

VinLieger

Into The Blue wrote: »

Yeah

Might be better off living with the amish then, if I was in a restaurant and people were tonguing heavily then yeah id be offended no matter their gender but each to their own and I would just not look at them. If your offended by people holding hands i think you might have more problems though

c_man

A tenner on the "physical contact" being a hand-shandy under the table.

One eyed Jack

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

No one does.

Where does your right not to see something which is perfectly legal stop and where does the right for two people to commit a perfectly legal act in a public restaurant start?

Holding hands and eye gazing is legal everywhere. A straight couple could do it in church FFS!

As soon as I make a complaint to management that I am not enjoying the experience they provide, due to the behaviour of other patrons. I have a right to complain, just as much as the people who's behaviour I find objectionable. I trust that management will take reasonable steps to accommodate me and those other patrons.

I've never seen anyone asked to leave a restaurant for holding hands or PDAs, etc, but I've seen plenty people squeal about their rights, their rights, with fcukall responsibility towards other people who are just as entitled to their comfort that they're paying for.

TrustedApple

Like i would not shock me at all i used to work with a girl as i used to be a restaurant manager who told me outright that she hated gay people and did not wont to serve them. I ended up letting her go because of this.

I was shocked as gay couples are a huge part of our business and we support the LGBT festival in the city every year. If people are not conferable with a gay couple in the place they can F off out the door. As i used to love talking away to the older couples as you find out some great things and be told some great stores.

As you be shocked how many gay couples we used to get in. I would say it would be maybe 15% of our business.

Into The Blue

VinLieger wrote: »

Might be better off living with the amish then, if I was in a restaurant and people were tonguing heavily then yeah id be offended no matter their gender but each to their own and I would just not look at them. If your offended by people holding hands i think you might have more problems though

Take a breath. I'm not going to report your abuse instead I'll just assume your not reading the question i answered.

Is holding hands in public a public display of affection? Yes. I never said anything about being offended by it.. I've been holding my partners hand in public for the last 13 years.

VinLieger

One eyed Jack wrote: »

As soon as I make a complaint to management that I am not enjoying the experience they provide, due to the behaviour of other patrons. I have a right to complain, just as much as the people who's behaviour I find objectionable. I trust that management will take reasonable steps to accommodate me and those other patrons.

I've never seen anyone asked to leave a restaurant for holding hands or PDAs, etc, but I've seen plenty people squeal about their rights, their rights, with fcukall responsibility towards other people who are just as entitled to their comfort that they're paying for.

But why do you get preference to have your rights supercede theirs?

VinLieger

Into The Blue wrote: »

Take a breath. I'm not going to report your abuse instead I'll just assume your not reading the question i answered.

Is holding hands in public a public display of affection? Yes. I never said anything about being offended by it.. I've been holding my partners hand in public for the last 13 years.

Fair enough thought i was replying to the original poster who was apparently offended by anything

TheLastMohican

IRELAND STILL PREJUDICED
Dear Editor
"We like to think of Ireland as a place where gay people are fully accepted, especially since the landslide passing of the same-sex marriage referendum, but if my experience last week is anything to go by, this is still a surface image".

I imagine that if I was in the same situation I would go home and fire off a letter straight away. Or did the writer feel the urge to be pissed off with the state of the country for a week before venting.

This story is baloney!

Or may come from the the maestro of self advertising in the steamy kitchen of that culinary Shangrila-La - The C********** L**** H****

jobbridge4life

One eyed Jack wrote: »

I don't know where it is, nobody knows where it is, because the author of the letter has chosen to remain anonymous while taking a ridiculous and quite frankly laughably over-dramatic broadswipe at Irish society.

It was you who was talking about restaurants standards so it was you I asked where there was such a restaurant in Dublin that had the standards you claimed to exist.

One eyed Jack wrote: »

I don't give a damn what two people get up to in their own time, but I don't have to tolerate PDA of any sort if I don't want to, sweetheart.

Actually you do or you can leave.

One eyed Jack

VinLieger wrote: »

But why do you get preference to have your rights supercede theirs?

Where did I say my right to comfort and a pleasant dining experience should supercede theirs? I simply said that I have a right to make a complaint to management, and I trust that they will endeavour to accommodate both parties.

jobbridge4life wrote: »

It was you who was talking about restaurants standards so it was you I asked where there was such a restaurant in Dublin that had the standards you claimed to exist.

Well we have to assume they exist in at least one restaurant in Dublin if an anonymous complainant can be ejected from one on the basis of holding hands and gazing into his partner's eyes?

Actually you do or you can leave.

Actually I don't. See above

onlyme!

holding hands is the thin end of the wedge, next time you look and one is balls deep into the other, i see them all the time on hollyoaks!

markc2951

Right to refuse admission? Me personally I would leave an establishment if I saw two gay men mauling each other

jluv

TheLastMohican wrote: »

IRELAND STILL PREJUDICED
Dear Editor
"We like to think of Ireland as a place where gay people are fully accepted, especially since the landslide passing of the same-sex marriage referendum, but if my experience last week is anything to go by, this is still a surface image".

I imagine that if I was in the same situation I would go home and fire off a letter straight away. Or did the writer feel the urge to be pissed off with the state of the country for a week before venting.

This story is baloney!

Or may come from the the maestro of self advertising in the steamy kitchen of that culinary Shangrila-La - The C********** L**** H****

LOL I thought of the same maestro as well when I read this:D

Sunnyisland

markc2951 wrote: »

Right to refuse admission? Me personally I would leave an establishment if I saw two gay men mauling each other

And if you seen two heterosexual people mauling each other ?

jobbridge4life

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Well we have to assume they exist in at least one restaurant in Dublin if an anonymous complainant can be ejected from one on the basis of holding hands and gazing into his partner's eyes?





Actually I don't. See above

But by your own admission you don't even know where this restaurant is and whats more you've indicated that you doubt the veracity of the story so sorry hon ya do.;)

I wonder did they do that thing where both start at other ends of the same string of spaghetti?

darkpagandeath

Is this not another one of them SJW's unite to get a business closed down on something that may or may not have actually happened. I'm sure it's going around FB at the moment and the Business may have been named.

If it actually happened fair enough. But should we wait before jumping on the High horses ?

jobbridge4life

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Is this not another one of them SJW's unite to get a business closed down on something that may or may not have actually happened. I'm sure it's going around FB at the moment and the Business may have been named.

If it actually happened fair enough. But should we wait before jumping on the High horses ?

Ba! Irony is dead! Long live Irony.

One eyed Jack

jobbridge4life wrote: »

But by your own admission you don't even know where this restaurant is and whats more you've indicated that you doubt the veracity of the story so sorry hon ya do.;)

Well I don't imagine they have signs up saying "don't fcuk on the tables, and wipe your chair if you're wearing assless chaps", up about the place either, but I wouldn't suggest that would mean patrons could indeed fcuk on the tables and wear assless chaps. What do you think babes?

I don't have to tolerate anything I don't want to, nobody does, and that's why everyone is entitled to make a complaint about behaviour they find objectionable. As it turns out, if the management agree with me, I won't be the person asked to leave

zoe 3619

strelok wrote: »

that's disgraceful, it's not like they were breastfeeding

Would also feel very uncomfortable seeing someone thrown out of a restaurant for breastfeeding.

jobbridge4life

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Well I don't imagine they have signs up saying "don't fcuk on the tables, and wipe your chair if you're wearing assless chaps", up about the place either, but I wouldn't suggest that would mean patrons could indeed fcuk on the tables and wear assless chaps. What do you think babes?

I don't have to tolerate anything I don't want to, nobody does, and that's why everyone is entitled to make a complaint about behaviour they find objectionable. As it turns out, if the management agree with me, I won't be the person asked to leave

So you have to put up with exactly what the manager sees fit;) or leave.

One eyed Jack

jobbridge4life wrote: »

So you have to put up with exactly what the manager sees fit;) or leave.

That's it in a nutshell. Clearly the chap that wrote this letter doesn't understand that. I'm glad we've come to an understanding though, for a minute there i thought we were going to have to kiss and make up

Cienciano

I just don't believe the story. Sounds made up. Looks like from twitter that GCN were asked about it but aren't saying anything.

gandalf

This sounds made up. If it happened they would have named the business. Sounds like the rag had a few empty columns to fill and a journalist got "creative".

colossus-x

markc2951 wrote: »

Right to refuse admission? Me personally I would leave an establishment if I saw two gay men mauling each other

Au revoir monsieur

Azalea

TrustedApple wrote: »

used to work with a girl as i used to be a restaurant manager who told me outright that she hated gay people and did not wont to serve them. I ended up letting her go because of this.

Presume she refused to serve a gay couple? While I wholeheartedly disagree with her, a person's private opinion doesn't make them sackable.

Cienciano

markc2951 wrote: »

Right to refuse admission? Me personally I would leave an establishment if I saw two gay men mauling each other

You'd leave out of jealousy? Just put them out of your mind and enjoy your meal.

jobbridge4life

One eyed Jack wrote: »

That's it in a nutshell. Clearly the chap that wrote this letter doesn't understand that. I'm glad we've come to an understanding though, for a minute there i thought we were going to have to kiss and make up

Anytime you want Hon, I'll make sure its not in public.

John_Rambo

jobbridge4life wrote: »

Anytime you want Hon, I'll make sure its not in public.

This story is bull. Didn't happen. Funny to see peoples insecurities though! "what if there were children in the restaurant" :pac::pac: