I am very disappointed in the staff at Quail s gat...

I am very disappointed in the staff at Quail s gate! We were told when we made our reservations that we would be placed at two tables of 4. The lady explained that due to Covid we would be placed 2 tables apart. Our party understood - as we respect the Covid rules wherever we go. However ; when we arrived there was about 25 people in line without any distance between them. They were all strangers. When we got seated, 4 of us got seated in one room and 4 of us in another. Beside our table we re 2 empty tables spaced out Covid style and so we asked who was sitting there -the response was that it was unknown who was sitting there. I mentioned that I thought it was strange that we would be placed beside strangers that could have Covid when the people we came with in the same car could be placed there-when we know they do not have Covid. The manager replied he hoped that no one has Covid. I replied yes us as well so please put us near our Covid-free party. His reply was that he couldn t because we would probably mingle. I replied that we would be respectful of their wishes but he wouldn t budge. We got up and walked out. While I respect Covid protocols set out for B.C. restaurants I was completely taken aback at this ridiculous protocol that was made up. They didn t care that their line up was a hot mess of random people standing together. There was no one taking our temperature and Not one person asked us for our names and numbers. They would rather seat us with strangers than the company we arrived with?? Absolutely ridiculous! We won t be going back. To add insult to injury the lady who sat us was rude and clearly unhappy with life. So disappointing