A woman shares her experience of encountering a man wearing low-hanging shorts that revealed his butt in a restaurant. She discusses the lack of dress codes in restaurants and the importance of maintaining a decent manner in public spaces.
When I glanced to my right, I saw that the guy at the table next to us was wearing low-hanging shorts that revealed his butt. He was a young guy and appeared to be with family.
Finally, the mom came over and said very quietly that I should have just come over to their table quietly to express myself. Then she went back to their table and told him, not in a quiet tone, to pull his shorts up, and he did comply. Because having publicly announced your displeasure in a loud voice — twice! — no one believes that you really thought it “not your place to say anything.” You just chose not to do it directly, which no doubt resulted in a mood-killer for the rest of the restaurant.: I’m a 32-year-old electrical engineer. My high school physics teacher passed away recently and, as you may imagine, he played a massive role in my pursuing a career in engineering.
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