What makes you think you can go anywhere you want to?

No matter where you go, whether it be a restaurant, a department store, a small shop, etc…. there are certain areas that are not meant for the general public to enter. In many cases it’s implied, like where there are swinging doors, and the only people you see using them are employees, there is no sign saying “Employees only.” If you enter one of thee areas and whine that there was no sign, the only thing you’re proving is that you lack common sense.

Restaurants don’t let you wander around their kitchens or work areas, department stores don’t let you wander through their back offices….you get the picture. So why is that some people feel entitled to go wherever they want to? I was walking through the kitchen the other day, to go through one of the wait stations that leads to the bar, and I saw a woman back there….she a had plastic bag filled with lids for Styrofoam cups, she was rummaging through everything on the shelves….”What are you doing?” “I’m looking for a to go box.” “We’ll bring one out to you.” Then she just stood there. Again, “We’ll bring one out to you, you can go back into the room.” What I really wanted to say was, “Get the hell out of here!”

For those who want to argue that there was no sign, I could argue back, “Perhaps you should have a sign yourself., perhaps you should have “IDIOT” stamped on your forehead so we know what we are dealing with.

These are usually the same people who think it’s okay to let their small children run at will through the restaurant…..or climb all over the bar stools….or the other day, let them climb around the piano (where the singer has her expensive electronic equipment) and just give them a cursory glance, if they are even in the same room. I walked over and told the kids they couldn’t play there. What I really wanted to say is, “I’m sorry that you’re the offspring of idiots who lack the skills to teach you how to conduct yourselves in public or respect the property of others.”

I would love to be a fly on the wall when these kids turn 10 years old, decide to play in the car and take out the back wall of the garage. Who you gonna blame then?