tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568258025320906795.post5947636411186521727..comments2023-12-27T11:27:53.014-05:00Comments on R.J.'s Place: Personal SpaceR. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10291839202970032184noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568258025320906795.post-3116997387668615722012-01-16T16:54:56.326-05:002012-01-16T16:54:56.326-05:00interesting observations... i always look who &quo...interesting observations... i always look who "runs" to get their back to the wall, my mother always did that. i usually take the seat with my back to the restaurant because i don't care...<br /><br />smiles, bee<br />xoxoxooxoxEmpress Bee (of the high sea)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08300140506585000934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568258025320906795.post-13202516979563988622012-01-16T12:29:25.186-05:002012-01-16T12:29:25.186-05:00I'm with you - I prefer some space between din...I'm with you - I prefer some space between diners if the restaurant is empty. Sometimes we want private conversations and for some reason the hostess just doesn't seem to get that!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568258025320906795.post-51352620931992811582012-01-13T20:29:02.037-05:002012-01-13T20:29:02.037-05:00I had to look long and hard for the fifth deer in ...I had to look long and hard for the fifth deer in that picture. But I found him! <br /><br />I have been intrigued by the way people come onto the bus and seat themselves. Some are not willing to share a seat next to them and put their purse or belongings there to signal that. Others always are considerate of other people and move to the farthest seat and hold their belongings in their lap.<br /><br />Same thing in restaurants. I usually sit where I have decided I would like to sit, and it's rarely a problem with the wait staff.DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568258025320906795.post-59809644269953869792012-01-13T20:11:09.742-05:002012-01-13T20:11:09.742-05:00Ooh, neat photo! That's so interesting how th...Ooh, neat photo! That's so interesting how they all like their own little spaces. <br /><br />Sometimes at a restaurant we'll ask for a booth rather than a table if it's not too busy or we don't have to wait too much longer for it but some places around here you take what you get and like it. Last night we went to the Outback to use a g.c. we got for Christmas. At 7:30 on a Thursday night we had to wait for a table! Luckily it wasn't a long wait.<br /><br />When a place isn't as busy I think the hostess has to go on some sort of rotation so that each waitress/waiter gets an equal amount of customers at their assigned tables. So if you request another table, that's probably fine, but the hostess would have to remember that if they skipped a certain table to put the next patron there to be fair. <br />I don't know why they bunch people into smaller sections if the place isn't busy. <br />If I requested a certain seat and was refused and it wasn't being held for a reservation or something I'd probably feel annoyed with that.CrystalChickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11778302473630157009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568258025320906795.post-39806366528812446312012-01-13T16:45:27.714-05:002012-01-13T16:45:27.714-05:00I much prefer it when the hostess takes us to a se...I much prefer it when the hostess takes us to a seat, but asks us if the table is OK. Then we can at least have the option to sit elsewhere.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568258025320906795.post-39716417947777525152012-01-13T13:34:27.482-05:002012-01-13T13:34:27.482-05:00haha. This post reminds me of the time David and ...haha. This post reminds me of the time David and I were seated in a booth. We discussed a former attorney I worked for, even mentioning his name. Towards the end of the hour, a man got up from the booth next to ours and said hello. It was the attorney's partner at the firm I used to work. How embarrassing! So, yes, I do agree with you about spacing restaurant patrons!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com