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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 304700" data-attributes="member: 27">In a similar vein, I had a late lunch today (3:30pm) so the restaurant dining room was totally empty.&nbsp; After I ordered, another person entered.&nbsp; The dining room could seat 90-100 people, and where does this one other person decide to sit?&nbsp; Yes, at the table directly across from me.&nbsp; So now I have this uncomfortably self-conscious lunch, eating while desperately trying to avoid eye contact with this person when it&#039;s human nature to want to stare straight ahead.&nbsp; He must have ordered something complicated, because it took a long time for his food to arrive, so the only real &quot;entertainment&quot; seemed to be watching me eat.&nbsp; Not that he was obvious about it---he was trying not to make eye contact, either---but all this discomfort could have been avoided if he had just chosen one of the dozens of other tables, or just decided to sit with his back to me if that part of the dining room was so much better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 304700, member: 27"] In a similar vein, I had a late lunch today (3:30pm) so the restaurant dining room was totally empty. After I ordered, another person entered. The dining room could seat 90-100 people, and where does this [I]one other person[/I] decide to sit? Yes, at the table [I]directly across from me. [/I]So now I have this uncomfortably self-conscious lunch, eating while desperately trying to avoid eye contact with this person when it's human nature to want to stare straight ahead. He must have ordered something complicated, because it took a long time for his food to arrive, so the only real "entertainment" seemed to be watching me eat. Not that he was obvious about it---he was trying not to make eye contact, either---but all this discomfort could have been avoided if he had just chosen one of the dozens of other tables, or just decided to sit with his back to me if that part of the dining room was so much better. [/QUOTE]

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