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Topic: people who sit at the table next to you when the entire restaurant is empty

Anonymous A started this discussion 1 year ago #120,555

why do

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 35 minutes later[^] [v] #1,319,742

Here sections are seated by servers, so we get put in a server's section.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 1 minute later, 37 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,319,744

@previous (B)
Yes but I mean in places where you pick your own seat, like fast food

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 4 minutes later, 41 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,319,745

Maybe they want to sample your plate?

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,319,754

@1,319,744 (A)
Don't sit at fast food booths, they are unhygienic and the atmosphere is worse than sitting outside.

They do it because the people slow enough to sit in a place like that don't understand social conventions.

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 15 hours later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,319,838

@1,319,744 (A)
It appears they are trying to make friends over a mistaken shared interest (normal people eat lunch for survival, not for meeting people). Probably fallout from bar culture sucking and lack of community and shared hobbies in their lives.

I'm not bonding with other underachievers over french fries either. Jesus people's lives are sad sometimes.

@1,319,745 (C)
That's not happening either. I know I just ordered mid tier fish and chips. It's the same underwhelming basket you get anywhere and 50/50 chance of not even being cod. People that act surprised like it's the first time they've seen fish and chips; happens way too much.

Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 32 minutes later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,319,842

@previous (E)

I feel compelled to defend my fish and chip shop against your accusations of everywhere being the same. We serve haddock, not cod, and we fry it in beef dripping.

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,319,901

@previous (C)
Fair enough! I'll take halibut out this way if a shop has it, worth the extra $3. One of the perks of living close to the water.

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 6 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,320,000

@1,319,842 (C)
Does it use fucking fake vinegar?

Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 12 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,320,077

@previous (G)

There's no such thing as "fake vinegar". But yes, it does.

Anonymous G replied with this 1 year ago, 6 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,320,127

@previous (C)
Why? Why not use real vinegar? I don't get it. Why skimp on that?

Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 39 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,320,132

@previous (G)

It's not about "skimping", it's about the flavour that people love.

Anonymous G replied with this 1 year ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,320,134

@previous (C)
Anyone with taste appreciates real vinegar instead of reconstituted acetic acid.

Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 3 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,320,136

@previous (G)

Also, it's easier to store and you can buy it in little tubs that you just add water to. You don't want to sniff the concentrate!

Anonymous G replied with this 1 year ago, 3 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,320,140

@previous (C)
Yea, "easier" is my point. It's skimping. Go to the trouble of real vinegar, even make your own (it's not hard), and see how superior it is. You use beef tallow and haddock which shows that you want quality, so why not go the final step and make your own, real vinegar?

Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 4 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,320,144

@previous (G)

I refer you to the previous comment - it's about the flavour people love. People complain if we don't have non-brewed condiment.

(Edited 2 minutes later.)

Anonymous G replied with this 1 year ago, 6 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,320,146

@previous (C)
Then offer both, advertise that you make your own real vinegar, and watch them try it and slowly be converted to real flavor and taste.

Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 6 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,320,149

@previous (G)

Seems pretty pointless. A £15 bottle of Maltflaven will make 65 litres of NBC, which we run through in about two weeks. 65 litres of malt vinegar would cost well north of £150. The times are hard enough without increasing vinegar costs by a factor of 10... Especially when people prefer NBC.

Anonymous C double-posted this 1 year ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,320,150

Or maybe I should put costs up and watch everyone go to Bastard Barry down the road with his shit tier £6 "light bite" deal.

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 17 hours later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,320,223

@previous (C)
Whatever scrapes off the dock gets beer battered!

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 1 week later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,321,767

This just happened again, doubly so! There was one couple seated near one end of the restaurant, and I sat down at the farthest corner. The rest of the place is empty. I counted SIXTEEN open tables. Right after I sit down, somebody sits at the table directly to my right. And I shit you not, as I was typing this complaining post, another couple sat down at the table directly behind me! WHY
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