SEATTLE — Nothing brings people together like good food — or a shared annoyance over dining pet peeves. When we put out the call for Seattleites to tell us their unspoken rules of dining, we heard about everything from tipping culture to (not) taking calls and how to treat servers.

Here is what not to do at Seattle restaurants, along with a few unspoken rules on what to do, according to readers. Responses have been lightly edited for clarity and length.

Noisy conversations at the table

Many Seattle diners wrote that they would like to eat their meals in peace and quiet — and how you should avoid having conversations on the phone at the table or excuse yourself to take calls elsewhere.

“My No. 1 pet peeve in restaurants is people using their cellphones in speaker mode!” wrote Nancy Groc

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