Cliff's notes: Went into TGI Friday's in Avon OCing with my wife and an out of town relative we were on our way to drop off at the airport. Sat down, ordered food, gotten our drinks everything was hunky dory before the manager requested we take our sidearms to our vehicles. We declined and informed him we'll take our business elsewhere. He was at least friendly though.
Typically, I post experiences of positive OC carrying and educating citizens. Tonight I was unable to turn the experience into a positive educational experience because of time constraints mostly. Anyhow, my wife and I decided to take our visiting relative to TGI Friday's in Avon before dropping him off to catch his flight back home. Obviously, we were on somewhat of a time crunch. We walked in, greeted and escorted to our seat. Everyone was friendly and seemed to pay NO attention to the fact that both my wife and I were OCing. We ordered our food and had already received our drinks when the manager walks up to our table.
At this point I could already tell what this was going to be about, but I figured I'd listen to what he had to say since we already had ordered. He was obviously nervous when proceeding to ask "Miss can I ask you to take your....g...g..gun to your vehicle. We have a policy against that." My wife looked at me as she began to answer before I could even say anything and so I proceeded to pick up my hat and put it back on because I knew what her answer was going to be anyhow. She politely asked if he would like us to pay for the drinks which we had already received. He responded, "I'll cover their cost, but we really don't want you to leave."
At this point, again my wife had been the one jumping on the conversation and I didn't want to interrupt BUT I REALLY wanted to jump in to inquire about the policy and possibly educate the man a little. I refrained from doing so since it was my wife who he initiated contact with and from his perspective he could only see her carrying, not me.
My wife simply replied, "We'd rather not do business with places which do not honor our rights." I was satisfied with that response, especially since we were in a little of a rush. I could have swore that I've OC'ed in Friday's before, but not that specific one. I really don't care if it's simply that store's policy, their corporate policy, etc. That makes no difference to me honestly because I don't agree with it no matter who created it. I simply do not give business to places with such policies and advocate that anyone else who takes their rights seriously follow suit.
Anyhow, I just thought I would share this experience with everyone here in case they do as I do and boycott such businesses. This is honestly the first time I've ever been asked to disarm by an employee of a place which was not obviously a no-go facility. I really wanted to go back and talk to the manager, but it's pretty much a moot point now I guess. Regardless, I will be adding this TGI Friday's to my online map of go/no-go gun locations for reference.
Typically, I post experiences of positive OC carrying and educating citizens. Tonight I was unable to turn the experience into a positive educational experience because of time constraints mostly. Anyhow, my wife and I decided to take our visiting relative to TGI Friday's in Avon before dropping him off to catch his flight back home. Obviously, we were on somewhat of a time crunch. We walked in, greeted and escorted to our seat. Everyone was friendly and seemed to pay NO attention to the fact that both my wife and I were OCing. We ordered our food and had already received our drinks when the manager walks up to our table.
At this point I could already tell what this was going to be about, but I figured I'd listen to what he had to say since we already had ordered. He was obviously nervous when proceeding to ask "Miss can I ask you to take your....g...g..gun to your vehicle. We have a policy against that." My wife looked at me as she began to answer before I could even say anything and so I proceeded to pick up my hat and put it back on because I knew what her answer was going to be anyhow. She politely asked if he would like us to pay for the drinks which we had already received. He responded, "I'll cover their cost, but we really don't want you to leave."
At this point, again my wife had been the one jumping on the conversation and I didn't want to interrupt BUT I REALLY wanted to jump in to inquire about the policy and possibly educate the man a little. I refrained from doing so since it was my wife who he initiated contact with and from his perspective he could only see her carrying, not me.
My wife simply replied, "We'd rather not do business with places which do not honor our rights." I was satisfied with that response, especially since we were in a little of a rush. I could have swore that I've OC'ed in Friday's before, but not that specific one. I really don't care if it's simply that store's policy, their corporate policy, etc. That makes no difference to me honestly because I don't agree with it no matter who created it. I simply do not give business to places with such policies and advocate that anyone else who takes their rights seriously follow suit.
Anyhow, I just thought I would share this experience with everyone here in case they do as I do and boycott such businesses. This is honestly the first time I've ever been asked to disarm by an employee of a place which was not obviously a no-go facility. I really wanted to go back and talk to the manager, but it's pretty much a moot point now I guess. Regardless, I will be adding this TGI Friday's to my online map of go/no-go gun locations for reference.
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on the way your wife handled it.
Just for clarification I actually knew it was Avon because I read the second paragraph. 
