This is me.
From the perspective of the diner who chose to forgo their dinner and instead sketch me as I was dining with my family.
It was awkward and completely detracted from my enjoyment of my meal and time with my husband and daughter.
Was this fair?
I didn’t ask to be sketched. And nobody asked me for my permission to do so.
It begs the question… What are a diner’s rights? Should I have said something to the server? If I had, what would they have done? The artist was a customer, too.
Should I have approached the patron directly? If I had, did I have a right to do so? He was technically seated and was causing a disturbance to no one other than me.
Defeated, I ended up doing nothing. Shortly thereafter, the artist paid his bill and proudly walked over to hand me a gift.
“For you,” he said.
“Thank you,” I muttered.
I left as a very unhappy customer.