02-13-2010, 07:56 PM
Alex,
I'm British (soon to be American I hope!). What I can tell you is that if the queen of England wanted to have a late meal in some food mall it would have been arranged in advance. I don't know what would happen if she just turned up somewhere demanding to be fed after closing hours. I would hope that she'd be told to find a restaurant elsewhere. That's certainly what I would do.
My point is that if Emily arranged something ahead of time then fine, but if she and her group just turned up with no warning and then expected people to stay late at work with no prior notice that's simply out of order. I don't know what happened in the case you describe but if there was no prior arrangement I'm proud of the workers who showed her the door. If she accepted that then fine, this is a non-story.
In a way I share your surprise and I know what you're trying to say although I'm a little troubled with the comparison to the UK's queen!
Incidentally, I have met members of the UK royal family before. I have no time for them, I am not a royalist and despise the idea of a royal family, but in all cases they were very polite and would not just turn up somewhere expecting people to serve them at all hours. I would hope that council members here in Hawaii would behave the same way.
Tom
I'm British (soon to be American I hope!). What I can tell you is that if the queen of England wanted to have a late meal in some food mall it would have been arranged in advance. I don't know what would happen if she just turned up somewhere demanding to be fed after closing hours. I would hope that she'd be told to find a restaurant elsewhere. That's certainly what I would do.
My point is that if Emily arranged something ahead of time then fine, but if she and her group just turned up with no warning and then expected people to stay late at work with no prior notice that's simply out of order. I don't know what happened in the case you describe but if there was no prior arrangement I'm proud of the workers who showed her the door. If she accepted that then fine, this is a non-story.
In a way I share your surprise and I know what you're trying to say although I'm a little troubled with the comparison to the UK's queen!
Incidentally, I have met members of the UK royal family before. I have no time for them, I am not a royalist and despise the idea of a royal family, but in all cases they were very polite and would not just turn up somewhere expecting people to serve them at all hours. I would hope that council members here in Hawaii would behave the same way.
Tom