Party of Two Sitting at a Table for Six

[Nancy]

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[disykat]

I'll never understand the Community Board. On this thread someone makes a harmless comment about thinking strangers were acting rudely and people jump all over her for being rude and judgemental. On another thread someone critiques every aspect of a loved ones wedding and no one says anything about being rude or judgemental.

 

[skiwee1]

Originally posted by Nancy
This thread is one of the reasons I stopped posting here 6 months ago! A person makes a statement about asomething that bothered her....who cares why it bothered them, it did, and then some people feel it's open season to come in and jump all over that person. the more I read here the more I feel like it's time to go and stay away form the CB for good.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion....right or wrong. And I really don't believe other countries hate of because we are opinionated....other countries hate us because we have turned into rude, overbearing, me first type of people. I work with the public everyday and I am so turned off by what I see.

The OP asked what everyone thought. Whether she liked the answers she got was beside the point. My advice is don't ask a question on a public board if you don't want to hear the answers. And just to add I couldn't give a rat's behind what other countries think of us. We are the most sane country out there and I really don't care what some of those nuts think of us.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Originally posted by WishingStar
Insult was not my intent. I can agree to disagree. If I ever come into a restaurant with my family that is also a family of five and you're at the only table alone that is large enough I would just leave since my children are too small to be split up. But if you come in after me with yours, enjoy your meal.

If your post wasn't meant as an insult- what was it meant as? you quoted me then implied it was part of what's wrong with the world today.

Excuse me- but I also have a family of 5 and I've already posted that- have you not read that? So the point is moot... I'm not going to be sitting less than 5 people to be taking up a table that your family of five would need. I'm a family of 5 also! I just don't think the whole world should revolve around my family and think about us AHEAD of time- especially in a fast food restaurant. The world doesn't revolve around my family.. and I don't expect it to. If I go somewhere to eat and there is not a table big enough for us- I go somewhere else. That has yet to happen though- and I have never seen a family walk back out of a restaurant for lack of seating arrangements either. Perhaps it's because of where I live- maybe where you live is a more highly populated area or something.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Originally posted by Chattyaholic
BibbidyBobbidyBoo: The restaurant where I work doesn't NEED to be a "chain" restaurant, we have a HUGE following of "regulars" plus many, many "newbies" who BECOME regulars because it ISN'T a "chain" restaurant. The restaurant seats about 100 people and we have folks driving 50-100 miles JUST to eat there, I'm not kidding. People drive from Lansing, the state capitol, (and points further than that) and I'm always amazed with all of the zillion restaurants in the city that they would choose to drive all that way to eat at my restaurant. The food is ALL "homemade", good "country cookin" and you don't get THAT at "chain" restaurants.

Oh and by the way, the owner is a SHE, not a HE

And customers sitting at a larger table and LATER being asked to move just makes more work for everyone.

And I'm glad to see that there ARE others here who think it's wrong for smaller parties to sit at large tables. But, really, it wasn't that people here disagreed with me, that I can accept for we ARE all different and have different thoughts and ideas, but it was also what was said about "why should I care", etc. A person can disagree with another and they don't HAVE to be hurtful or nasty about it. THAT'S more what bothered me after I started this thread. I thought this board was "just for fun" and people can start threads about anything and everything. I didn't think my topic for discussion was different than any other posted here but I was very surprised at the nastiness of some posters.
Enough said.

First off- you said "mom and pop" type of place so I assumed there was a pop in there... like a married couple that owned the place. Not that it matters- when someone says he/she it's not really a big deal- like you for some weird reason wanted to make it a big deal.

I call all cats she and horses he and dogs he- it means nothing.

That's great that the restaurant is doing well even though it treats the customers in this manner.

The others that mention they are aggravated when they come in with a large group and can't find a table because they are taken by smaller groups- I just don't understand this way of thinking and WE'RE A FAMILY OF FIVE! I am not a 2-3 people family taking up your larger tables- I'm a family of 5 which in your mind is the only ones deserving of the bigger tables (3-4+ people in the party).
Let me ask you- do you really think it would be fair if they arrived BEFORE you but they weren't allowed to sit at larger tables "just in case" a family came in and needed that table? So they get to sit around and wait longer for a smaller table? Would that be fair?
If not, then quit getting aggravated when you come in and the larger tables are taken. They were there first and shouldn't have to wait or be seated more cramped/etc. just because your family might come in after them. First come- first serve... atleast that's the way I think it should be. If I walk in a restaurant with my family of 5- I do not get upset at others if there are no large tables available for us.. I do not even LOOK to see who's taking up those tables to then get annoyed if they are only 2-3 people taking up a table for 6 that we'd need. I do not expect the world to revolve around my family. I simply wait my turn at a large table, or ask for 2 smaller tables to be placed together if possible, or leave to go to another restaurant- whichever I feel like doing at the time.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

And I really don't believe other countries hate of because we are opinionated....other countries hate us because we have turned into rude, overbearing, me first type of people. I work with the public everyday and I am so turned off by what I see.

Well, how do you expect other countries not to hate us when our own citizens (in this case, yourself... see quote above) hate us?

 

[Nancy]

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[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Beg your pardon- but deleting your post doesn't change what you said and you can't tell others not to quote you. If you post it- be prepared for the possibility of being quoted!

You did not say "I hate us"- but your words say it! You said we have turned into rude, overbearing, me first type of people and you work in the public and are turned off by what I see. I'm not feeling the love in those comments. That's what I meant by hating us yourself!

 

[Deb & Bill]

Originally posted by BibbidyBobbidyBoo
Beg your pardon- but deleting your post doesn't change what you said and you can't tell others not to quote you. If you post it- be prepared for the possibility of being quoted!

You did not say "I hate us"- but your words say it! You said we have turned into rude, overbearing, me first type of people and you work in the public and are turned off by what I see. I'm not feeling the love in those comments. That's what I meant by hating us yourself!

Whoaaa. Lighten up, okay? Gee whiz, no need to get violent. Chill a bit.

 

[WishingStar]

Originally posted by BibbidyBobbidyBoo
If your post wasn't meant as an insult- what was it meant as? you quoted me then implied it was part of what's wrong with the world today.

Excuse me- but I also have a family of 5 and I've already posted that- have you not read that?

Now it's time for me to beg your pardon. If you go back to the first page of this thread you will see you quoted me when you disagreed with me. I said that I think people don't care how their actions affect others. You disagree, fine with me. We'd all be pretty bored if we agreed on everything all of the time. I then disagreed with you , and that just got you all fired up. Guess what? People are entitled to their opinions.

As far as the the last time you quoted me...I said I too have a family of five. Too means also, so to answer your question, yes I did read that you have a family of five. That was not the original question of this thread. The point that was stated: two people were at a table for six, not five people but two.

 

[MeanLaureen]

okay kids... If you don't stop arguing you will ALL go to bed without your dinner - big table or not!

My opinion? First come first served. Goes for fast food restaurants, movie theaters, etc. Would I take a bigger table than I need? nah. Unless it's got a good view or something that makes me want to sit there. Sometimes the AC is blowing on the other tables and I'm cold - or the sun might be hitting the tables in that area and I'm supposed to avoid sun exposure. In that case, or if I got there first and there isn't any other comfortable options, I can't run my life on "what ifs" I would be inclined to give the table up - or seats in any other instance, if I felt I was seriously inconveniencing someone and it wouldn't inconvenience me to do so.

 

[Bojangles]

Originally posted by BibbidyBobbidyBoo
Beg your pardon- but deleting your post doesn't change what you said and you can't tell others not to quote you.

What did she say? Wonder why she deleted it.

 

[CBRorBust]

I just want to say that this is one of the dumbest arguments I have ever read on the DIS! Give me a break people! You are arguing about whether or not it is morally acceptable for 2 people to sit at a 6 top table in an un-busy mom & pop style restaurant with no hostess, no set of seating rules on the wall, and where a hypothetical family of 6 might drive in from over 100 miles away to eat at this place!


OMG!

 

[gymnasticsmom68]

My opinion? First come first served. Goes for fast food restaurants, movie theaters, etc. Would I take a bigger table than I need? nah. Unless it's got a good view or something that makes me want to sit there.

Good point. I wonder if all of these 'I'm better than you because I would sit at a 2 top table if it was just me and my husband and I don't want to put anybody out in the future because I always think of others' people would tell the people at California Grill 'No, thank you, we don't want to sit by the window because I see that those are only 4/6 top tables'. Does your respect for mankind hold up when it's something you want?

 

[WishingStar]

I couldn't tell you where I would want to sit at the California Grill, because that's one of the few restaurants at WDW that I have not yet been. But that again is going off topic. We were not discussing restaurants that a host/hostess seats you. We were discussing self serve places. I absolutely would not sit at a huge table when I am with one other person. I have not seen anyone say that it is wrong for 2 to be at a 4 person table. It was 2 at a 6 person table. I will not change anything someone else has said just to make my point.

 

[MosMom]

Originally posted by CBRorBust
I just want to say that this is one of the dumbest arguments I have ever read on the DIS! Give me a break people! You are arguing about whether or not it is morally acceptable for 2 people to sit at a 6 top table in an un-busy mom & pop style restaurant with no hostess, no set of seating rules on the wall, and where a hypothetical family of 6 might drive in from over 100 miles away to eat at this place!


OMG!

 

[CBRorBust]

Just thought I'd put things back in perspective!

 

[year2late]

I guess I see a couple of issues.

If the resturaunt was not busy they could have pushed a few smaller tables together to make a larger table. It is done all the time.

If the place was busy, maybe they just picked the most comfortable available spot.

I like booths myself, but not the table for two booths - they are too crowded - everything is too close. I guarantee I would pick a booth for four or a table for six before I would pick a booth for two.

 

[Hillbeans]

In a way this post reminds me of when people come in late to church and expect you to slide to the middle to squeeze in their group of 6.

My theory here is that when whomever sat down, the place was empty, and I know personally, I like to have a larger table to spread out. With that being said, i'd probably move to a smaller table if I saw a group that really needed my table. It's pretty common around here to seat 2 people at a 4 person table.

 

[Toby'sFriend]

I just called up to Cal's Diner here in town and spoke with the waitress. An elderly gentleman is sitting all by himself reading a newspaper and drinking coffee at the large circular table by the window. Not only that, some woman with a toddler who is clearly old enough to use a booster seat has sat her little brat in the only high chair that doesn't have a broken lap belt.

How did these people know my family wasn't going to show up?

HOW RUDE!