HOME > Chowhound > Site Talk > Aug 21, 2013 05:08 PM  really
bored of h**ster bashing   hello folks:  maybe i'm the only one,
but i've really had it with bashing restaurants and their
clientele for their age and the way they dress.  isn't this just
flat out bigotry?  suppose i reviewed a restaurant or a taco
stand or whatever, and said something like, "hey, great,
authentic tacos, but the fanny packs and obesity of the people
in line really ruined it for me. i hate going to restaurants
filled with fat, polyester wearing people"?  wouldn't that just
make me a jerk?  but, somehow, many chowposters find it o.k. to
say how their dining experience was ruined by the h**ster crowd.
if a restaurant is filled with young people, dressed in the
popular fashion of the day, does it really ruin your food? why
are you focused on other people instead of your food and your
dining companions? and how do you know someone is a "h**ster"
just by the clothes they wear? stuff goes in and out of style.
maybe they've been dressing t