Wife thinks it's acceptable to go to a restaurant nine minutes before closing

Being rude to waiting staff tends to feature highly on many people’s ick lists, but what counts as rudeness appears to vary depending on who you ask.

This man revealed how he and his wife clearly differ on the topic of bad manners, with their opposing ideas over etiquette causing a rift in the relationship.

Posting to Reddit, he explained that the couple had hired a babysitter to look after their children while they went to see a movie.

Although they’d eaten before leaving, they were hungry after the film and realised a favourite local pizza place was nearby, so decided to head over.

‘As we came through the door I could see the place was completely empty,’ said the man. ‘They close at 10pm and it was 9:51 or something.’

His wife could see he wanted to leave but was, according to the poster, ‘being really difficult’. As he dislikes having arguments in public, he ‘went along with it’.

The man explained: ‘She’s done this before at 20-30 mins before closing time, but never this late. All I can say is it made me feel really uncomfortable.

‘I’ve never been a server but I could tell from their faces that they were really f****** annoyed.’

Alongside seeing no issue with turning up for a sit-down meal less than 10 minutes before they were due to shut, the woman ordered a ‘specialty pizza’ with a number of extra toppings.

‘Once the waitress left, I only somewhat jokingly said “They’re gonna spit on your pizza”,’ continued the man’s post. ‘She could sense the sarcasm in my voice and asked what my deal was.’

After telling his wife he was ‘uncomfortable going into a sit-down restaurant when it’s this close to closing time,’ she became upset and ‘got really defensive.’

She reply it was staff’s job ‘to serve customers until the stated closing time,’ adding, ‘if they’re open, we should be able to dine there.’

‘I tried to explain that the staff probably wants to clean up and go home, and it’s just common courtesy not to barge in right at the last minute,’ said the man, yet their disagreement had sullied their date night.

The post sparked a range of opinions over whether this constituted bad manners, with one person saying: ‘Thats totally a d*** move. 20 minutes cutting it close, 30 minutes no problem. Nine minutes… just not being a nice person.’

‘Ask her if she’d like it if her boss made her stay after hours by giving her work nine minutes before they close,’ commented another, while a third simply said: ‘Your wife is a selfish person.’

A few hospitality workers also chimed in, including one who commented: ‘We view these people as the worst of the worst. We would rather get stuffed on a tip than deal with entitled people thinking it’s ok to work two hours past our out times.’

‘As a chef, we all hate your wife,’ added another.

Some argued the restaurant should have advertised a kitchen close time to avoid confusion, and others suggested the man could have compromised with his wife by ordering takeaway.

The overarching mood in the comments, though, was that the pair should have left as soon as they realised the time.

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