A man was asked to leave a Seattle restaurant last week after he refused to take off his Google Glass device.
Nick Starr and the Lost Lake Café & Lounge have been feuding after the recent incident when Starr was kicked out of the eatery for not taking the gadget off his head, the New York Daily News reported.
The device, which allows the wearer to take pictures and record audio and video, invaded the privacy of other diners, according to Lost Lake staff.
Starr, who was dining with his boyfriend, contended that he had a right to wear them. He opted to leave rather than remove the device from his head and later complained about the incident on Facebook.
"(She) tells me that the owner's other restaurant doesn't allow Google Glass and that I would have to either put it away ... or leave," he said about an unnamed woman who was working at the restaurant that evening.
"(I asked) to see where it was policy for Glass to be disallowed at Lost Lake. She said she couldn't provide any and when asked to speak with management she stated she was the night manager."
Starr found the policy hypocritical since the restaurant often asks diners to share pictures of their experiences at the café online. The former customer demanded an apology and requested the night manager be fired.
The restaurant refused to back down, instead issuing an official company statement regarding Google Glass on Facebook.
"If you do wear your Google Glasses inside, or film or photograph people without their permission, you will be asked to stop, or leave. And if we ask you to leave, for God's sake, don't start yelling about your 'rights'. Just shut up and get out before you make things worse," the statement said.
Owner David Meinart won't be changing the policy any time soon, he's already banned Google Glass at another restaurant.
"I think they're invasive and they make people uncomfortable," he told KOMO News."More than that they make me uncomfortable, and it's my place."
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