Do you dig people texting, sending emails and IMs and talking on their cell phones during dinner? Well, here’s a fun rant (what better thing than a rant on a Friday?) from Brooklynian that originates at Al Di La. It also veers from Blackberries and iPhones to shorts, t-shirts and flip flops:

I’ll just say that the catalyst for my current rant was dinner last night at my favorite restaurant Al Di La. We were seated at 9:30 PM and stayed until a little past 11:00 PM – in other words we were dining at the time when the current hoard of young, self-described hip people who have heard about and may even enjoy the consistently excellent food and service there, show up – iphones and blackberries at the ready.

My rant – continually talking on and text messaging with cell phones in restaurants makes you a bore – plain and simple. It does not make you look important, only self-important. Talking at extreme elevated levels about how cool you, your job or you friends are also make you a bore, and irritate your dining neighbors. And lastly, people in shorts, t-shirts and flip-flops, please eat in the park – period – stay out of my restaurants – you look like your parents drug you there. End of rant.

P.S. – Kudos to the NYPD who, in course of 5 minutes, ticketed the Lincoln parked illegally in front of Al Di La, and then, in an act of advanced coordination, ticketed the hipster chick talking on her cell phone while driving slowly by in her car.

To eat or to text, that is the question. And is it worse if one does so while wearing shorts?