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Another restaurant seating question
By: Songbird Date: December 27, 2021, 10:07 pm
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The Chinese buffet has a variety of small booths and large
tables. Each large table seats 6 people. The tables are
arranged in pairs, so that they can be pushed together to create
seating for 12, or pulled apart to create two tables of 6. The
gap between the tables is small, only a few inches, so unless
the restaurant is very busy they leave the tables pushed
together.
We were a party of five. The hostess led us to a table for 12.
Another group was already seated at the table, so she pulled the
tables apart and seated us next to the other group. Apparently
they were not happy to be “sharing”. There was some grumbling
from the other group.
I took a seat next to the gap between the tables. The
“gentleman” seated at the other table, immediately to my left,
turned his chair to face his companions, so that his back was
facing me, and placed his elbow on our table.
I went to the buffet and got some food. When I came back to our
table, the gentleman was still sitting with his back to me, had
moved his elbow. So I put a plate of food where his elbow had
been. And left it there.
And overheard more grumbling.
I admit, placing the plate there was passive aggressive. But I
didn’t feel like being confrontational.
Did I do ok, or should I have handled it differently?
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Re: Another restaurant seating question
By: mime Date: December 28, 2021, 12:37 am
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First of all he was rude (but you already knew that). I wonder
if the people at that table were uncomfortable with close
seating because of covid? I'd wonder why they were even
comfortable in a restaurant then... but everyone has their own
limits and quirks.
Anyway, he was unhappy with the seating that was decided by the
waitress, but wanted to take out his frustration on you.
I might have done the same as you-- because he showed
entitlement and weird retaliation against an innocent person to
make his dissatisfaction known. I wouldn't expect direct
confrontation to work on someone like that. Even worse if the
rest of the table was acting like spoiled teenagers.
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Re: Another restaurant seating question
By: holly firestorm Date: December 28, 2021, 11:52 am
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The host should have said something nicely to them when she
seated you. It probably would have avoided the whole
unpleasantness.
I think your "passive/aggresive" move was just right. Too bad
for him if that ruined his lunch. Hope it didn't ruin yours.
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Re: Another restaurant seating question
By: iolaus Date: December 28, 2021, 1:52 pm
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I don't think you did anything rude BUT I'd find it really weird
to have the tables pulled apart when I was already sat there -
surely when they sat the other group thats the point where -
prior to them sitting down - the restaurant would pull the
tables apart, so this weird territorial thing doesn't happen
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