[Gabz]

I absolutely despise the term "level playing field."

The only true level playing field in the hospitality industry is the free market......each establishment adjusting it's atmosphere, entertainment, decor, menu; etc. to attract the particular clinetelle it wishes.

If I don't want seafood for dinner I'm not going to head for the local crab shack. If I don't want to listen to country music I'm not going to attend the VFD's barn dance. If I don't want to have to go outside for a cigarette while dining or drinking, I won't be going to Applebee's, Delaware, California, New York, Maine or anyplace else that bans it.

If I can avoid establishments that don't have the things I want or have things I don't want, why can't other people?

HMMM.............I wonder, I'll be going to Delaware next month for a function. If I get stung by a bee, wasp or hornet, I wonder if I can sue the state because I was forced by them to be outside and subject myself to a provable hazard to my health? A hazard they could easily have removed by judicious use of pesticides. (for the kool-aid drinking gnatzies this was pure sarcasm)

[netmilsmom]

>>If I get stung by a bee, wasp or hornet, I wonder if I can sue the state because I was forced by them to be outside and subject myself to a provable hazard to my health?<<

Wasn't there a barmaid that got stabbed because she was forced outside for a cigarette break?