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Dining in a restaurant in a booth

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Old 08-04-2008, 05:57 PM
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When dining out with only your +1, do you sit on the same side of the booth, or across from each other?

I always have thought it weird when people sit on the same side of a booth. It's easier to converse with the person if they are across from you, but that's my .02.

Where do you sit?
Old 08-04-2008, 05:58 PM
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i agree, i think it is very strang when people sit on the same side of the booth. do they not want to look at each other?
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Across for us.

If not, I would feel like people are pissed for taking a booth up when we could have used a table
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generally I hate booths.
the seating messes up my back...

but with that said, most of the time we'll sit opposite unless we're being romantic
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Originally Posted by boltonblue,Aug 4 2008, 10:03 PM
generally I hate booths.
the seating messes up my back...

but with that said, most of the time we'll sit opposite unless we're being romantic


table please

plus i hate sucking in my gut while at a booth
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I don't know we like booths, and we NEVER EVA sit on the same side. We can wait until later to get romantic, unlike Jerry, apparently.
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The only time I've sat next to Erin is when we eat at the bar.....
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I usually like booths better. But we went to Ponderosa yesterday and they only give you like 6" between the table and seat back. It was tight!!!

I guess they do that so you don't go up to the buffet too many times
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Some tables are too close to other folks for my liking. Especially the ones that have one long bench seat, then they just line up tables in front of them.

We say, no thanks to those seats, and wait for a booth or a table where we don't feel like we are having dinner with people we don't know.
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haha @ separate table!

Romantic - next to each other
Any other time - across

Although any person I've talked to that used to be/is a waiter says that sitting next to
each other is "gay"


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