@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social No, they weren't; the restaurant is just a perfect sea lion derailleur. "Yes I understand you were speaking metaphorically* and I still demand you satisfy my feelings of feigned umbrage over a slight which never happened to an organization I have no connection to!" is an ideal response when you have no actual argument for the factual allegations which are the real topic of the conversation. * unlike every other metaphor, I am pretending to comprehend this one