Pearl-clutching at the restroom door

Elizabeth Donald
7 min readFeb 20, 2024

A man and a woman were having dinner with friends at a Nashville restaurant, and decided to visit the restroom. Both of them entered the ladies’ room.

Immediately pearls were clutched throughout the building. A poor hapless employee was tasked to go to the restroom and order them to leave. They returned to their table, and the manager then visited the table to tell them that men are not allowed in the ladies’ room because “we are a family restaurant that welcomes children.”

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Elizabeth Donald

Journalist for more than 25 years, freelance writer, editor, photographer, and fiction author. Subscribe at patreon.com/edonald or visit donaldmedia.com.