why pay your bill?
If they allow disruption and political tomfoolery, they should expect some economic disruption.
Why pay the bill? Because, after the 4 to 7 minutes the in-store demonstration is expected to take, I finished eating my brunch.
Don’t think it will only last just 4-7 minutes?
The #blackbrunch organizing group does and states so in their manual:
It’s a short read. Actually pretty professional in approach and probably reflects a lot of experience in organizing noisy but peaceful and lawful protests.
While they call for a store liaison to explain things to the establishment and one to deal with the police should they be called, there is no mention of giving advanced warning (for obvious reasons). So, as I mentioned in my original post, the management may be dealing with them at the same instant you are.
If you find yourself in one of these events and they appear to be following the script as outlined in the manual, ignore them and they will soon go away. BTW, they DO know they are not in a free speech zone inside the restaurant and are supposed to leave if directed to do so by management. They want you to feel uncomfortable but also want to minimize risk to themselves.
Ironically, the event is supposed to conclude with the protest group having brunch somewhere as well. How about that!?