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Re: And speaking of tables …
By: QueenFaninCA Date: January 12, 2022, 3:31 pm
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Definitely rude not to ask.
But there are food places like that where it is rude to block a
table before actually having food. Years ago the cafeteria at
the San Francisco Zoo was really bad: The fast food lane had
lots of people and it would usually take them at least 20
minutes to get their food. But they had already a family member
block a table. We usually got food from the other lane and often
had to circle around for several minutes before getting a table
while our food got cold while about a quarter of the tables were
groups which did not yet have any food.
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Re: And speaking of tables …
By: holly firestorm Date: January 12, 2022, 7:22 pm
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It's not blocking a table. It's just acknowledging each other as
people. I'd be pretty critical of a party of two who blocked the
whole table when there were no others available. It's like
saying "God bless you" when someone sneezes (yes, I know all the
stories about the origin of THAT one...I'm talking about NOW,
2022). It's just a matter of being polite.
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Re: And speaking of tables …
By: LifeOnPluto Date: January 13, 2022, 4:49 am
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[quote author=holly firestorm link=topic=2245.msg72985#msg72985
date=1641942794]
[quote author=Despedina link=topic=2245.msg72977#msg72977
date=1641915223]
This reminds me of a strange situation we had while on vacation.
We are from a Midwest state and visited a small town on the
gulf. My family of 4 went to a taco stand and found a picnic
table to sit at to eat. A couple of 20 somethings sat RIGHT next
to us and were talking like we didn't exist. This was
pre-covid. It was odd but there was no place else to sit and we
arrived via bike and were unable to take our food with us so we
stayed. Their oblivious conversation turned to an interesting
subject when the girl starting talking about the town she was
from, which is right where we live in the Midwest! She was
making up completely fabricated details about the town and it
was almost laughable. When she mentioned the town name a 2nd
time I said "oh you are from City, State? What a small world we
live 6 miles away!!". She got very red in the face because she
knew she was making up things about that area and they got up
and left. They were only waiting for their food before driving
away in their vehicle. I guess she noticed us then.
[/quote]
Good strategy! Just join in their conversation...they'll either
respond in a friendly matter, leave, or be very uncomfortable.
Even better that she made up that story and you could have a
little fun with her lies. With my luck I'd use that strategy and
they'd be friendly and five minutes in I'd wish they weren't.
[/quote]
Unfortunately, I suspect there'd be some entitled people who'd
tell you - in a snotty voice - to mind your own business, and
that they weren't directing their conversation at you, etc.
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Re: And speaking of tables …
By: holly firestorm Date: January 13, 2022, 2:23 pm
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So true!
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