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Ruffino's Saturday Night - It's amazing that some grownups don't have any self awareness

Posted on 12/22/25 at 1:16 pm
Posted by SmackDaniels
Gulf Breeze, FL
Member since Mar 2007
15383 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 1:16 pm
I moved to Florida, and my parents still live in Baton Rouge. My wife has never been. We have hit most of the local spots in Baton Rouge.

It's a very intimate setting; my wife is into football, so she didn't mind and enjoyed the TVs.

Saying that, it's dark and lit perfectly for an intimate setting. It's definitely a place where people want a nice place to eat and not deal with bullshite. I'm sure most everyone in here has been.

The staff, the food were amazing. Couldn't have been better.

We were sat by a couple of older white ladies. One of them proceeds to take a FaceTime call. Not take a call, make a call at the table. She is just obnoxiously loud. I'm thinking WTH?! This goes on and on, nothing urgent, just catching up about their day. Once again, on FaceTime. I look over and the other woman grabs the phone and starts talking. I was pissed. I started to get up and tell them, Please take that outside. My wife said no, she didn't want to start a scene. I sat back down not wanting to make the situation worse, and thought I'll give them some time, this can't go on for much longer. 5 mins go by, and I said, That's it. I go and grab the hostess and tell them what's going on. He moves us into another location. The hostess looked pissed.

We are wrapping up our dinner, and another couple stops by our table and says, "You want us to update you on the FaceTime call? We heard everything loud and clear if you want to know." We started laughing and said they were pissed because apparently they went on for another 5 mins after we left.

I'm just ranting here but my question is, "How do you not know this is not OK?" This aggravates people in a McDonald's much well a place you are going to spend 200+ dollars on a meal.


This post was edited on 12/22/25 at 7:18 pm
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
109730 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 1:20 pm to
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This aggravates people in a McDonald's much a place you are going to spend 200+ dollars on a meal.


Speaking of which, I stopped to grab an egg mcmuffin at a McDonald's in Metairie recently and basically every table in the place was set up with a bunch of 20 somethings wearing suits, staring at and talking into laptops, and seeming to be in the middle of running some sort of weird looking cold-call operation out of the place that morning.
This post was edited on 12/22/25 at 1:20 pm
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
78154 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 1:24 pm to
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"How do you not know this is not OK?"
Because most people are stupid and self-absorbed. I encountered that very situation and told the offender about it. They got off the phone once I informed them that the world didn't revolve around them and they were ruining the meals of everyone nearby.
This post was edited on 12/22/25 at 1:24 pm
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
61293 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 1:26 pm to
Yeah that would piss me off. I don’t even like people on speakerphone or FaceTime when I’m in a grocery store.
Posted by SmackDaniels
Gulf Breeze, FL
Member since Mar 2007
15383 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 1:26 pm to
I stopped meeting clients at places like that. A lot want to meet at Starbucks. It's so damn loud in there. The library is so much better for that. Quiet, if I need to print something out for a life insurance form, it's accessible, a lot of times there are private rooms available, etc...
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
466723 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 1:27 pm to
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and basically every table in the place was set up with a bunch of 20 somethings wearing suits, staring at and talking into laptops, and seeming to be in the middle of running some sort of weird looking cold-call operation out of the place that morning.


Sounds like a cult
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
109730 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 1:35 pm to
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Sounds like a cult


Maybe. Best I could gather from overhearing what they were saying, was that they were trying to solicit for some sort of "non-profit." The all had these bizarre scripted 'informal conversation' type talking points.
Posted by SmackDaniels
Gulf Breeze, FL
Member since Mar 2007
15383 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 1:39 pm to
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Because most people are stupid and self-absorbed.


I think most people have the common sense to know that it's not OK.

I was at a nice place one time in Park City, out to eat on a work trip. Our lead on the job answered the phone at the table. It was our main office calling. Before he could say hello, the hostess was at our table telling him to go outside.
Posted by tdme
Member since Jan 2022
279 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 1:40 pm to
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grownups don't have any self awareness


It is everywhere and it is not limited to certain age groups.

It always gripes me when people in a crowd (concert, event, etc.) stop outside of a door or on walk way to talk and block everyone from getting past them.

Move to the side if you want to talk, but you are holding up everyone!
This post was edited on 12/22/25 at 1:46 pm
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
59116 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 1:57 pm to
The problem with old people doing this is they know it’s not right… they just don’t care
Posted by slidingstop
Member since Jan 2025
1731 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 2:04 pm to
She just wanted everyone to know she had a friend.
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
23934 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 3:26 pm to
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We were sat by a couple of older white ladies.


New money BR bitches
Posted by SUB
Silver Tier TD Premium
Member since Jan 2009
24805 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 4:15 pm to
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Because most people are stupid and self-absorbed


Yep! This is the answer for 99% of our problems today.
Posted by tigers1956
baton rouge
Member since Oct 2008
5335 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 9:54 pm to
The problem is it’s everywhere…social media is horrible
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49625 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 11:55 pm to
As much as I hate that I’ve sat next to a table full of smokers quite a lot in my lifetime and that was horrible.
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