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Although he brought this up over a year ago, SF Chronicle's Michael Bauer needs discuss it again. Because nothing has been done about it. What on earth are we talking about? Perfume stink in restaurants. Bauer hates it; in fact, he even has a strict no perfume policy in the Food & Wine department. As he explains, "To me it's almost worse than secondhand smoke. I've had clouds of stinky floral perfumes engulf me as I try to enjoy my meal. Not only does everything end up tasting like a truckload of gardenias, I leave with a headache." Which: true. (Though, we have to add, it's not nearly as bad as Castro trash who sport tank tops and/or flip flops at eateries, which are acts of hostile selfishness.)
However, seeing as how your editor can't leave the apartment without a dab of Tom Ford's "Tuscan Leather," and consider perfume allergies with the same seriousness we do Repressed Memory Syndrome and fibromyalgia, our feelings are mixed on this one. But what say you, readers? Should there be some sort of ban placed on fragrances at restaurants?
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I think too many people spend too much time worrying about too many things.
Complain, complain, complain.
I say we pass an ordinance where 'sniff sensors' are put on the door of every house and every one is checked before they leave. If they have on too much perfume, have too bad of body odor, have even a drop of patchouli, or any other "too much" smell, they aren't allowed out until they fix it!
I agree with the Castro trash part.
Being out in public would be great if it weren't for all the other people.
You, sir/madam, are a genius!
he's run out of food to dislike, so he's moving onto other forms of condiments.
It's 2009, we're in the first world, we have the technology to not smell like anything at all from more than three inches away, and we should be using it.
really? like smelling salts?
It would be nice if people had basic courtesy, common sense, and manners, but considering how many people I run into who are wearing so much cologne I can literally taste it in my mouth, but, , they don't, and it is for this reason a ban would be helpful. Most laws are passed because of stupid people. If I'm shelling out at a restaurant, I want to smell/taste the food, not some knob's cologne two tables over.
Remember Queer Eye, people: Spray, delay, then walk the f**k away. Not: spray, spray, spray, until it's running in rivers down your chest.
Remember Dear Abby: if people can smell your cologne from more than 3 inches away, you're wearing too much.
"(Though, we have to add, it's not nearly as bad as Castro trash who sport tank tops and/or flip flops at eateries, which are acts of hostile selfishness.)"
Brock, this is what I actually love about the bay area. I don't have to dress up for anything. I can walk into any good dining restaurant or a good club or bar, and as long as I have a wallet full of cash, they let me stay. Hell, I don't have to even dress up when I go to work. They just expect me to be a good worker. This mentality goes back to the Old West when employers would take any able-bodied laborer regardless of race or class, so long as the person could get the job done.
No, I'm with Brock on this one. Dressing appropriately just shows respect: for yourself, for your fellow diners, and for the establishment itself. But as long as I can't smell your clothes, you're okay with me.
Ah, you must be related to the people in sweats and with stroller who were at the next table at Firefly at 9:30pm that one time. Sorry, but I think the Old Westerners worked pretty hard to create a world in which I didn't have to sit next to some entitled yuppie who thinks a fat wallet excuses their showing up at Aqua in their milkin' duds.
As much as I like Hermes Eau des Merveilles, it does not taste good in potato soup.
Castro trash, eh?