The staff wouldn't ask the table next to us to be ...

The staff wouldn't ask the table next to us to be more quiet, reason being they were personal firends with the manager; the table next to us started clapping and standing up. We asked the waiter to ask them to be more quiet; he said he could not do so, he asked for our undertanding saying they had several drinks, when we later insisted we learned that the table next ot us were personal firends of the manager and thus couldn't be called to order.