6/20/2012 04:48:00 PM

Debate: Is It Ok to Ask a Restaurant to Adjust the A/C?

Temperatures are soaring throughout the country, and a great way to beat the heat is to duck into a restaurant where the air conditioner is blaring. But, some people might not be comfortable in a room that's too cold (or too hot), which inspired a friend we recently dined with to request that the air be turned down. The waiter said "let me see what I can do about that," ran away, and came back claiming that the manager turned it down a bit. Based on the chilly air that still streamed out of the vents, we're thinking that

Judging by the sweaty patrons streaming through the door, this might have been an inappropriate request, but we've also been in restaurants on the other side of the fence, where the a/c could be turned up a notch. What do you think, should these requests be honored? Should the waiter have brought over a tablecloth and told the chilly person to use it as a blanket? Debate!

2 comments :

  1. Yes, if they want keep themselves on business that request should be Honored.Every business owner most know that costumer always first on the list.

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  2. I have been in restaurants at night when the temperature is in the 50's and they still have the AC blasting. I think they make the temperature comfortable for the servers who are running around in and out of the hot kitchen while the rest of us are freezing. Look around restaurant managers, if your patrons are still wearing their leather jackets while they are eating, that's a clue it's too cold. Some restaurants I have stopped going to because they are too cold, others I ask for a different table (or to close the vent) if a vent is blasting right on me.

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