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Seattle Restaurant Ejects Customer Wearing Google Glass

Sherman123 said:
Toronto doesn't have people clattering away on smart phones all the time? That's not how I remember it.
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Sure we do, but not in restaurants when people are trying to enjoy a meal - at least not in the restaurants I frequent. Seems like a pretty shallow life to me if you can't last a couple of hours without some gadget in your hands or clamped on your head.
 
CanadaJohn said:
Sure we do, but not in restaurants when people are trying to enjoy a meal - at least not in the restaurants I frequent. Seems like a pretty shallow life to me if you can't last a couple of hours without some gadget in your hands or clamped on your head.
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I don't know anyone in my social circle who could last without access to the internet for more than a few hours haha, I check my phone compulsively for news and updates. Like I said I think this is a generational gap and I don't think anything I could say would bridge it.
 
Sherman123 said:
I don't know anyone in my social circle who could last without access to the internet for more than a few hours haha, I check my phone compulsively for news and updates. Like I said I think this is a generational gap and I don't think anything I could say would bridge it.
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I don't see it as generational as much as emotional. It's much easier to deal with an inanimate object rather than a face to face or voice to voice, but it seems that it would lead to shallow relationships...
 
Your Star said:
People usually have like 8 different things on them at all times that can do that.

This whole story just seems weird.

Also, it doesn't matter if people like it or not, we are headed in this direction.
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If you walk around with your phone videotaping people they'll ask you to leave too.
 
Sherman123 said:
Millions of photos and videos are taken in restaurants, clubs, and the like all the time. Social media and scandal sites thrive on it. When I slant my phone you have no way of knowing if I'm taking a photo of your food, videotaping your kids tantrum, or looking something up on wikipedia. It isn't something people think of because they are so inured to it. This is dramatically new and so it inspires fear and caution. That will change as time wears on until it is ubiquitous.
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Stop videotaping my kids you creeper.
 
zgoldsmith23 said:
I don't get it, but it's his business and, if he wants to lose potential customers, he can run it as he sees fit. Not sure why this is *Breaking News* or why this is even news...
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I they could potentially lose more customers. If I felt I was being videotaped, I would feel ill at ease.
 
CanadaJohn said:
Who says he's "scared" of a piece of tech? You? Maybe he's just respecting his customers who want to have a quiet, private meal. Some people still honor manners and a sense of decorum - not so much young people and their tech toys. Douchey is in the eye of the beholder.
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I would not single out "young people". Douchey parents and grandparents seem to think their little gadgets are the cats meow and think they have right of way to catch on video every last little dribble or snot. Note to video-obsessed parents and grandparents - instead of taping precious - put the camera down and wipe the snot before they smear it everywhere.
 
AlabamaPaul said:
I don't see it as generational as much as emotional. It's much easier to deal with an inanimate object rather than a face to face or voice to voice, but it seems that it would lead to shallow relationships...
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...says the guy on a forum on the internet.
 
rocket88 said:
I think they're within their rights, but when you think about it they didn't protect anyone from anything. If you have a cell phone, tablet or laptop, you either do have, or potentially have all the same technology right there. So unless they're banning all cell phones and tablets, it's really a useless gesture.
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My my how the big govt types hate privacy, unless it's in a womans womb.
 
American said:
My my how the big govt types hate privacy, unless it's in a womans womb.
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...and ironically, it's the "Hands off my womb" morons who are the ones begging for government health care.
 
In an ironic twist, anyone wanna guess what I used to find out what "Google Glass" is?
 
zgoldsmith23 said:
It is also that person's property and they can do with it what they wish.
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Not when it infringes on others privacy. Now, if he asked everyone at the eatery to sign a release form to use their likeness on his social media sites and they all agreed - then fine.
 
American said:
My my how the big govt types hate privacy, unless it's in a womans womb.
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Who said anything about hating privacy? All I said was that the technology is readily available in about 1000 other devices.

Or you could, you know, respond to what I actually said...just a thought.
 
rocket88 said:
Who said anything about hating privacy? All I said was that the technology is readily available in about 1000 other devices.

Or you could, you know, respond to what I actually said...just a thought.
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When someone holds up a cell phone to take a photo it's obvious, but the glass is not obvious at all. A cell phone puts the photo/video in memory, but not the glass. It goes right to Google.
 
Your Star said:
More like throwing someone out of your business because your scared of a piece of tech is kind of douchey.
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Would you through someone out if he was totin a pistol in plain view?
 
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zgoldsmith23 said:
It is also that person's property and they can do with it what they wish.
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So . . . if someone decided to bring their bongos, the restaurant should just let them bang away?
 
American said:
When someone holds up a cell phone to take a photo it's obvious, but the glass is not obvious at all. A cell phone puts the photo/video in memory, but not the glass. It goes right to Google.
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It's not obvious that they're taking a picture, just that they're doing something with a phone. They could be checking their e-mail, or arguing on DP.
 
rocket88 said:
It's not obvious that they're taking a picture, just that they're doing something with a phone. They could be checking their e-mail, or arguing on DP.
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And maybe their putting your daughter through facial recognition algorithms in preparation for raping her, while looking up her address. Maybe you need to stop trying to bull**** your way through this debate, acting like it's all the same thing.
 
Cardinal said:
The owner didn't want the guy photographing or recording other customers with them, though it's a little late to put the genie in that particular bottle seeing as anyone can record anybody with their phone completely inconspicuously.
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You want to record someone with your phone, you'll have to hold it up with your hand.
 
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