It puts me in my mind of the time that I went out to dinner with some work colleagues accompanied by a Jewish colleague who kept strict kosher. He ordered nothing, while the rest of us had a meal.
Imagine how bizarre it would have been if the restaurant's manager had said - "if he doesn't order anything I want him out of here!"
"It puts me in my mind of the time that I went out to dinner with some work colleagues accompanied by a Jewish colleague who kept strict kosher. He ordered nothing, while the rest of us had a meal."
A very good example of a similar situation that occurs often.
Either there is more to this story, or the people running this bar were way out of line.
It would be bizarre, but not out of the question. Within the last year my girlfriend and I went to a hibachi style Japanese steakhouse. A friend joined us for a drink, and then was informed that since he was not eating, he would have to incur an eight dollar "seating fee."