Why- if you are an adult male who feels the need to speak with horribly profane language- would you choose a Friendly's Restaurant in which to dine for lunch? Today my children did some chores for someone and got paid for it, so they wanted to spend their earnings having lunch at Friendly's. No problem. The staff greeted us cheerfully, sat is right away, and served us in an efficient manner. But just as we got our beverages, two men in dress pants and button-up shirts were seated nearby. I knew we were in trouble when the louder loudmouth said, "Whoa! Seating us way down in the honey spot!" I know. Makes no real sense if you read it too often. But it was what he said and the TONE he used. He may as well have been slobbering as he said it. Lunch went on and I really wasn't paying any attention to them, but every little while, profane words would drift over from their table. Don’t get me wrong- I have no problem with freedom of speech and all that, but I didn’t come to a KID restaurant to hear some boor yakking at the top of his lungs about this sh*t, and f*ck this person, and he's an a**. I don't think, if you are in a restaurant that is family-oriented, that you should roll in there using those words. At the very least, they could have been more discreet. To add to the annoyance, the waiter, who could not have been nicer or faster, got treated like crap by them. Well- let me be clear- there were two men, but only ONE of them was loud enough to broadcast his poor home training to the whole room. The other, while present and obviously had no problem with it, was not audible. Loudy told the waiter his food was sh*t, and sent it back. When the waiter brought him a replacement, instead of being polite, Loudy growled out more rudeness at the working man. I am not the sort to walk over and tell Loudy to shut up, and my Mom Looks (if you knew my mom, you'd know the face- it involves an eyebrow, lots of guilt, and small lips) only caused Loudy to leer. So I dealt with the situation the way I could: I thanked the waiter for his wonderful treatment of us, congratulated him on tolerating the creeps, and tipped him way too much. I believe in Karma, so I have to hope Loudy gets his somehow. In fact, I take comfort in it.

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