Latest news with #ProtocolSchoolofTexas
New York Post
23-06-2025
- New York Post
Traveler's cruise takes a turn after family attempts to stop them from drinking alcohol — but they got the last laugh
Reddit user 'nurseB89' shared her recent experience on a forum in which people question whether they're in the wrong. The woman said the hotel where she was staying had club-style seating, with eight people per table paired together 'to encourage a sense of community and conversation.' Advertisement 'Last night, I was seated first and had a glass of wine,' the woman wrote. Soon after, she was joined by two adults and three children who were seated at her table. The mother of that family turned to the woman and said, 'We do not wish to expose our children to women drinking alcohol.' 'I smiled and said perhaps they should ask to move tables if it was an issue, but I would be drinking the wine,' the woman on Reddit wrote. 'They noticed I was on my own and made passive-aggressive comments about this.' Later, the woman got up from the table to get some food from the buffet – and when she returned, 'the wine had disappeared,' she wrote. Advertisement A waiter came over and asked to see her wristband, an indicator of all-inclusive access. He said that 'the family had told them I was underage and must have sneaked away from my parents,' nurseB89 wrote. The woman said the hotel where she was staying had club-style seating, with eight people per table paired together 'to encourage a sense of community and conversation.' triocean – The waiter 'was very apologetic and returned with a fresh glass of wine just as the family came back with their food.' Advertisement Instead of requesting to move to another table, the woman asked for the 'full bottle, along with a couple of shots of vodka,' she said. The family finally 'stormed out' after she drank the shots in front of them, she continued. Advertisement The woman's story sparked over 2,000 comments, with others mostly agreeing with her and questioning the actions of the mother. 'Then don't take your kids to places where alcohol is served,' wrote one commented in part. 'It's just WOMEN drinking alcohol. What the heck is that about?' wrote another. 'It's clearly not an issue with alcohol as much as it is with women. Sheesh.' Said yet another person, 'What about men drinking alcohol? Is that OK?' Other commenters suggested the mother's morals seem misguided. 'I can't believe this situation,' wrote one Reddit user. 'She doesn't want to expose her children to seeing someone drink alcohol, but she's willing to expose her children to her own lying!' 'Lying or hypocrisy?' asked another user. 'Bet the husband drinks and maybe she does when the kids are in bed. Trying to control someone else is sheer arrogance. Get another table, lady, and eat blindfolded.' Instead of requesting to move to another table, the woman asked for the 'full bottle, along with a couple of shots of vodka,' she said. JackF – Advertisement Etiquette expert Diane Gottsman, founder and owner of the Protocol School of Texas in San Antonio, told Fox News Digital that in her view, the mother's behavior was 'inappropriate.' 'On a vacation, where the tables are open for anyone to sit, a guest should be able to order whatever they would like,' Gottsman said. Advertisement 'If the mother does not want her children exposed to alcohol, it's a personal, family preference and the rest of the table should not be expected to follow her self-imposed rule.' Gottsman added, 'If the mother was that opposed, she should have gotten up and taken her family to another table.' Fox News Digital reached out to nurseB89 for additional information.
Fox News
10-04-2025
- General
- Fox News
Reddit user gets man banned for cooking 'burned meat' in microwave
A man who chose to cook a raw steak directly on the rotating glass plate of an office microwave has been banned now from using the shared appliance – and the co-worker who brought it up with the boss has been accused of being a snitch. Reddit user "Equal_Warning_5319" shared his co-worker's culinary choice in a post that has sparked conversation and debate about protocols around cooking in a communal space. The 27-year-old man wrote that "Greg," his 32-year-old co-worker, "thinks the office microwave is his personal test kitchen." "It started small – he'd microwave weird things like boiled eggs (which exploded) or sardines (which smelled like the apocalypse)," the man on Reddit wrote. "But then [it] escalated." The Reddit user said he walked into the break room "to find Greg microwaving a whole raw steak directly on the rotating glass plate" without a cover. "He said it was his 'signature dish,'" the individual on Reddit wrote. "The microwave now permanently smells like burned meat and despair." Then the "soup incident happened," the Redditor continued. "Greg brought in a thermos full of homemade soup (fine, whatever), but instead of pouring it into a bowl, he microwaved the entire metal thermos," the man shared. A "mini-explosion" ensued — causing the microwave to break and forcing everyone at the office to evacuate when the fire alarm went off, he said. "Management got involved, and now Greg is officially banned from [using] the microwave," the Reddit user wrote. The man is now ticked off about it — "and says I 'snitched' when all I did was explain to our boss why there was a charred thermos carcass inside the microwave." The Redditor said some of his co-workers believe he "should have just let it go, but I feel like I saved us from a much bigger disaster down the road." Fox News Digital reached out to the Reddit poster for more information. Other users on the platform seemed appalled by the cooking choices of the colleague. "Is anyone else disturbed by the fact that someone's 'signature dish' is a MICROWAVED STEAK????" wrote one Reddit user. "It should be illegal to buy a steak and cook it in the microwave." "It should be illegal to buy a steak and cook it in the microwave," said another Reddit user. "Poor cow deserved more." Yet another Reddit user defended the Reddit poster's decision to speak up about the microwave mishaps. "You didn't snitch. You just didn't cover for him. There is a difference." Diane Gottsman, founder and owner of the Protocol School of Texas in San Antonio, told Fox News Digital that any food that makes a mess or smells awful "should not be cooked in an office kitchen at all." She added, "Cleanliness and common sense dictate that you use a microwave-safe plate and cover. A steak is going to be extremely messy. It's also disrespectful, not to mention a display of poor judgment to microwave a piece of meat directly on the glass." She suggested that the colleague "needs a brief lesson on microwave safety and courtesy." As for the man on Reddit sounding the alarm about the colleague's poor choices, Gottsman said that he "was asked for his opinion and he gave it. It's called a truthful response to a question." "There will always be a variety of opinions in every situation and for those who would have let it go, they obviously did," Gottsman said. "There are plenty of others who would not have — and there are some good reasons this should be addressed."
