When Good Restaurants Go bad

I recently dined with friends at a well-known seafood restaurant that we had dined in quite a few times before. To my eternal dismay, this night they had decided to BLARE their music. Worse, periodically they would turn it up even louder AND DANCE between the tables.

Now, I'm prepared for such stuff when I go to say, a Johnny Rockets - a burger, a milk shake and a 60s-themed floor show. Fine. But at a seafood place that charges $25 a bucket?

The music was so loud that conversation was virtually impossible. So after the meal (which was actually quite good), we retreated to the parking lot outside for peace, quiet and conversation. To our astonished dismay, they were blaring it out there for the "benefit" of people waiting for tables.

I'm still trying to figure out what the diner on his phone in the restaurant was trying to accomplish over the din.