[WolfRunnerWoman]

When dining out, if I'm seated in an area with young screeching and/or hyperactive primates, I ask to be moved to the bar section if there is one. I tell my waitperson discretely why I want to move. There are rarely children in the bar. Apparently even those who have children they cant/wont control still want to "protect" them from heinous drinkers. BTW, once I am moved to the bar section, I do not order alcohol in order to occupy a bar seating but not create bar income. This punctuates my point.

If I have already been seated and they park some howler monkeys next to me, I ask to be moved if possible. If not possible and my food has not arrived, I cancel my order and leave.

I find that most restaurants an d wait staff are pretty accommodating and thusly get rewarded .Those that aren't don't get my business.

[B-Chan]

"The adverb thusly was created in the 19th century as an alternative for thus in sentences such as Hold it thus or He put it thus. It appears to have been first used by humorists, who may have been echoing the speech of poorly educated people straining to sound stylish. The word has subsequently gained some currency in educated usage, but it is still often regarded as incorrect. A large majority of the Usage Panel found it unacceptable in an earlier survey. In formal writing, thus can still be used as in the examples above; in other styles, expressions such as this way and like this are more natural."

The American Heritage® Book of English Usage: A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English, The Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1996.