Shorts-Sporting WWII Vets Turned Away from Dallas Restaurant

10-16-2010 @2:51PM coco said... I agree 100%, Ginger. In addition, it's permanently off of my list of places to go or recommend. If every one avoids it, they'll be hurting pretty soon. Support our troops young, old, active, retired! A Democrat who loves our vets!

10-16-2010 @2:15PM carol said... If she isn't she should be. UNEMPLOYED. She handled this poorly. My Father is a WWII vet and doesn't dress up at all. I can't believe that she treated these people, who fought for our country, so poorly.

10-16-2010 @3:29PM randi said... The hostess was just doing her job, as trained. Since when don't the rules apply just because you're a vet? There are a lot of vets out there, do they not have to follow policy/rules as well? Or is it just a certain group of vets? And which policies are they allowed to break? A few, all, only those that apply to restaurants?

10-16-2010 @3:47PM Rob said... What a bunch of idiots, hopefully they made the hostess deliver the letters and scotch.

10-16-2010 @4:02PM lilmouse said... Why be so critical of the waitress,she doesnt make the rules.The vets seemed to take it all in good spirit and I doubt any of them would want to see her jobless.True gentlemen they are!!

10-16-2010 @4:27PM Al Schrader said... I'm a master. I've made food for over 100,000 guests. Occasionally the hostess has to use the restroom & I fill in. If guests show up inappropriately dressed, I simply ask them to go and change
and come back. It would be my honor to serve WW II vets....Alfred-

10-16-2010 @5:35PM jim said... the situation shoild have been a judgement call. she unfortunatly made the wrong judgement. you can't completely blame her though because of the way this country has become so PC no one is sure how to handle any situation anymore. no telling how many people would be offended by what they were wearing because so many people hate the military, in her situation, probably the best thing to do is enforce company policy. that way she can blame the company. it's sad but this is what we have become--scared little sheeple afraid to think for ourselves.

10-16-2010 @4:50PM jayt said... BOYCOTT that establishment. I bet the hostess could not speak good English.

10-16-2010 @5:08PM Martha Brideau said... my father was also a wwII vet. He would tell you that the rules apply to everyone. No special treatment for doing your duty. How do you know that some of the homeless or other inappropriately dressed people that didn't go in aren't veterans. Being veterans, they should know what a proper dress is. You shouldn't try to get someone fired or a business boycotted because you didn't follow the rules. I am proud of the service my father gave for his country, and these soldiers should be ashamed of themselves.

10-16-2010 @5:30PM jr said... She's filing a sexual harassment suite against those insensitive white males.
Guaranteed to win!
May have been worth fighting for this country once. Not anymore, Especially if white and male.

10-16-2010 @5:37PM marcus said... You know....rules are rules. The world war II generation is the one that set many of these rules. Our grandparents wouldnt have even thought to go to the movies without a coat and tie on. My grandfather wouldnt leave the house without a hat. These are the very ones who sneered at us and called us hippies 60s/70s. Whats good for the goose is good for the gander.

10-16-2010 @6:39PM Mike said... As a retired veteran myself, I will know I will never be a customer of this restaurant.

10-16-2010 @7:15PM Bill said... Here's a thought....suppose all the Vets, regardless of what conflict...in the DFW area rallied in front of this restraunt?

10-16-2010 @11:21PM Leila said... Okay, I would not side with the vets on this one unless they had specifically called ahead and got approval for the deviation from dress code. My fiance is a vet and many in my family are veterans as well. Being a vet and demanding privileges is just egotistical. While veterans should get benefits from the army, I've had several demand discounts from my previous employer. My (veteran) GM, who also never demanded discounts, would of course tell them no because it was against corporate policy. If an establishment is gracious enough to give discounts or allowances to vets, all the better, but try to have a little dignity and not demand it. This article also leaves out the fact that the veterans laughed it off while their families are the ones that complained.

10-16-2010 @11:26PM Ken said... Count me as one of the morons who sided with the retaurant. They have a right to set the dress code and style for their establishment. I for one don't need to see 80 and 90 year-olds in shorts while I'm having a expensive dinner. For those of you who swear you'll never go to a Wolfgang Puck retaurant, get real, you probably never have. As for those morons who think the hostess should be fired for doing her job, you obviously don't have a job.

I grew up with WWII vets, my father and uncles all served. It would never occur to them that their service allowed them to do whatever they damn well please. If a restaurant, or anything else, has a dress code you're expected to respec it. Maybe if they were going out to dinner they should have dressed like it.

10-16-2010 @11:14PM fishintruth said... The hostess showed really poor judgement! Never should have men who gave so much for us to have these freedom ever be subjected to this type of treatment especially in the dawning years of their lives! They sacrificed, marched, fought, lived in foxholes, ate meager can goods and even starved for us. They darn well deserve to be able to get a meal in some hoity, toity resturant in their cute boy clothes while traveling in hot Texas. They should have immediately been offered some type of complimentary gift and service as soon as they walked in! I guess the hostess would have been falling over for some so call celeb no matter what they had on. So many people don't really know enough history of this country to respect it or the seniors. The hostess seemed really full of herself as well. She should have known this was a time to consult higher management, If she knew any history of America or her country she would have known these men were definitely directly responsible for her employment. Her boss, Wolfgang Puck was born in Austria in 1949 only 4 yrs after the end of WWII. In WWII, Austria and Czechoslavakia were first two countries taken over by Germany. Initially the Austrians by force or will fought with Germany. The efforts of America turned the tide and Austria turned from Germany. Only with the freedom earned by these men and their comrades could Wolfgang immigrate here and achieve such success. He couldn't do it in Austria. Wolfgang Puck would be eating Nazi hardtack and commiting terror against humanity if not for these guys, So would we.. Why isn't this a major news story instead of how drunk some celeb got or how many women showed up for a man working in a gold mine to make another country rich and we had to save them. This should be our human interest story on Today and GMA. This story should be more widespread so people know how to treat our seniors and vets. I would have loved to see a pic of the cool dudes proudly sporting their attire and in good enough shape to get around well enough to go look over the top of the city. I also bet the can really strike up the sharp suit style when it is more convenient for them to get dressed. All those WWII guys were so dreamy, handsome and fit. Its no wonder we had a baby boom fom them. If their family reads this, give all the guys lol and a big kiss for me and my family. Tell them evermost thanks for the freedom and I plan to share their story of WWII with my young grandchildren at Thanksgiving. They are now part of my family tradition. Kisses Kisses

10-16-2010 @2:46PM Ray said... I was about to ask the same thing. Probably some "Progressive" elitist jerks!

10-16-2010 @3:41PM Fred Key said... Look just above your comment for the location of one of the idiots. Another one of those "rules are rules" types lacking common sense.