Be Honest Please - Did I Have The Right To Be Legit Annoyed?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I suspect you’re the person who moved the baskets because clearly the person who reserved the table with baskets was in the wrong. Similar to how someone will sit down at the last empty table of a busy fast food place (chipotle, etc) while their partner stands in line to place orders. That person sits there as people stand with trays of food looking for a seat. Get food, THEN get table, people. The tables turn over fast. But not if they’re all being reserved by people who don’t even have their food yet.

Different situation. Tables are also for sitting in a restaurant. It's not unused when someone sits there waiting for the order. Otherwise, you would order in restaurants and be seated when your food arrives from the kitchen.

DP. Not a restaurant with table service. This is the cafe analogy (PP even said FAST FOOD place CHIPOTLE). I don't know how they could make it more clear to you. You don't sit at a table before you get your counter food.

Again, even so, tables are also for sitting. Why does everyone in my party need to mill around while I order food? After I order, I am sitting until the food is ready for pickup.

Please read my post. I'm talking about sitting BEFORE YOU HAVE ORDERED. while your partner is IN LINE AT CHIPOTLE, ORDERING FOR YOU GUYS.

I don’t go to Chipotle. I don’t enjoy staring into the dead eyes of an underpaid worker scooping low quality Tex-Mex nor eating said Tex-Mex. My group will absolutely split up at In n Out and I think it’s actually helpful and efficient. We will get our napkins and condiments while one person orders and one person grabs a table. So when our order’s up we are ready to eat, clean up, and leave.

[Anonymous]

I think it is really odd as well as flawed logic that people think it is acceptable to “reserve” a table to eat at while they order their food but that same act is unacceptable in a laundry mat.

I have a swimming pool club membership and it gets pretty crowded in the summer.
Yet people reserve lounge chairs all the time by laying their beach towels, tote bags, etc. so that the loungers will be available for them to use when they need them.
They would be angry if a stranger removed their stuff while they were not there.

Yet why is it acceptable to move someone’s laundry basket from a folding table?

Is it because DCUM believes those that wash their clothes in laundry mats are low~class peasants or something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it is really odd as well as flawed logic that people think it is acceptable to “reserve” a table to eat at while they order their food but that same act is unacceptable in a laundry mat.

I have a swimming pool club membership and it gets pretty crowded in the summer.
Yet people reserve lounge chairs all the time by laying their beach towels, tote bags, etc. so that the loungers will be available for them to use when they need them.
They would be angry if a stranger removed their stuff while they were not there.

Yet why is it acceptable to move someone’s laundry basket from a folding table?

Is it because DCUM believes those that wash their clothes in laundry mats are low~class peasants or something?

Laundry doesn't get cold while you wait for a folding table.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I suspect you’re the person who moved the baskets because clearly the person who reserved the table with baskets was in the wrong. Similar to how someone will sit down at the last empty table of a busy fast food place (chipotle, etc) while their partner stands in line to place orders. That person sits there as people stand with trays of food looking for a seat. Get food, THEN get table, people. The tables turn over fast. But not if they’re all being reserved by people who don’t even have their food yet.

Different situation. Tables are also for sitting in a restaurant. It's not unused when someone sits there waiting for the order. Otherwise, you would order in restaurants and be seated when your food arrives from the kitchen.

DP. Not a restaurant with table service. This is the cafe analogy (PP even said FAST FOOD place CHIPOTLE). I don't know how they could make it more clear to you. You don't sit at a table before you get your counter food.

Again, even so, tables are also for sitting. Why does everyone in my party need to mill around while I order food? After I order, I am sitting until the food is ready for pickup.

100% normal. Don’t listen to the weirdo who expects you to search for a table once you have an armload of food. Idiotic.

But no one would need to search for one if people followed societal norms and didn't put their coat down or their kids down at an empty table prior to getting in line to order. There would be available tables.

I never said you could reserve a table with a coat. If you have multiple people in your party, they can certainly grab a table while another orders. They are using the table to wait instead of milling around.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I suspect you’re the person who moved the baskets because clearly the person who reserved the table with baskets was in the wrong. Similar to how someone will sit down at the last empty table of a busy fast food place (chipotle, etc) while their partner stands in line to place orders. That person sits there as people stand with trays of food looking for a seat. Get food, THEN get table, people. The tables turn over fast. But not if they’re all being reserved by people who don’t even have their food yet.

Different situation. Tables are also for sitting in a restaurant. It's not unused when someone sits there waiting for the order. Otherwise, you would order in restaurants and be seated when your food arrives from the kitchen.

Have you ever been to a restaurant before? Because that's not how that works.

How what works?

A RESTAURANT. If you're talking about ordering your food from the kitchen, you're talking about a sit down restaurant, where people sit down. The example above was for a fast food place like Chipotle where your food is literally handed to you when you pay, so it's not coming from the kitchen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suspect you’re the person who moved the baskets because clearly the person who reserved the table with baskets was in the wrong. Similar to how someone will sit down at the last empty table of a busy fast food place (chipotle, etc) while their partner stands in line to place orders. That person sits there as people stand with trays of food looking for a seat. Get food, THEN get table, people. The tables turn over fast. But not if they’re all being reserved by people who don’t even have their food yet.

No way. I have never heard of such a thing at a cafe. If my kid wants to sit down while order then they sit down while I order. That’s not saving a space that’s using one.

And if I'm standing there with my food and no table, and waiting for the entire time you're ordering while your kids sit there, not needing the table yet, staring at me, and I wait for a few min until a different person finishes eating and take THEIR table, at about the same time you arrive with your food- you see what could have happened? I could have sat down, started eating, and then like magic, another table would have been ready for you by the time you needed one. Those places run on the assumption that each party needs the table for approximately 10-15min. If you instead decide you're special and your kids are gonna sit there for 10min prior to you sitting down with all the food, then each table is being used for 25min instead, and suddenly if everyone does this, there arent enough tables during the busy lunch hour. Because half of them have people sitting at them who don't actually need them yet. I hope this helps.

DP and I agree this is the better and more efficient system, but it's not what actually happens in real life. So... if you can't beat 'em you join 'em. I don't want to stand around with a mug of hot coffee (I ask for a ceramic if sitting in) and maybe a pastry while waiting for a table to open up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I suspect you’re the person who moved the baskets because clearly the person who reserved the table with baskets was in the wrong. Similar to how someone will sit down at the last empty table of a busy fast food place (chipotle, etc) while their partner stands in line to place orders. That person sits there as people stand with trays of food looking for a seat. Get food, THEN get table, people. The tables turn over fast. But not if they’re all being reserved by people who don’t even have their food yet.

Different situation. Tables are also for sitting in a restaurant. It's not unused when someone sits there waiting for the order. Otherwise, you would order in restaurants and be seated when your food arrives from the kitchen.

Have you ever been to a restaurant before? Because that's not how that works.

How what works?

A RESTAURANT. If you're talking about ordering your food from the kitchen, you're talking about a sit down restaurant, where people sit down. The example above was for a fast food place like Chipotle where your food is literally handed to you when you pay, so it's not coming from the kitchen.

But you don't NEED a table until your food is ready.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it is really odd as well as flawed logic that people think it is acceptable to “reserve” a table to eat at while they order their food but that same act is unacceptable in a laundry mat.

I have a swimming pool club membership and it gets pretty crowded in the summer.
Yet people reserve lounge chairs all the time by laying their beach towels, tote bags, etc. so that the loungers will be available for them to use when they need them.
They would be angry if a stranger removed their stuff while they were not there.

Yet why is it acceptable to move someone’s laundry basket from a folding table?

Is it because DCUM believes those that wash their clothes in laundry mats are low~class peasants or something?

It's flawed logic to have the same procedure at a laundry mat, restaurant and swim club. Those are unrelated environments with unrelated actions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suspect you’re the person who moved the baskets because clearly the person who reserved the table with baskets was in the wrong. Similar to how someone will sit down at the last empty table of a busy fast food place (chipotle, etc) while their partner stands in line to place orders. That person sits there as people stand with trays of food looking for a seat. Get food, THEN get table, people. The tables turn over fast. But not if they’re all being reserved by people who don’t even have their food yet.

No way. I have never heard of such a thing at a cafe. If my kid wants to sit down while order then they sit down while I order. That’s not saving a space that’s using one.

And if I'm standing there with my food and no table, and waiting for the entire time you're ordering while your kids sit there, not needing the table yet, staring at me, and I wait for a few min until a different person finishes eating and take THEIR table, at about the same time you arrive with your food- you see what could have happened? I could have sat down, started eating, and then like magic, another table would have been ready for you by the time you needed one. Those places run on the assumption that each party needs the table for approximately 10-15min. If you instead decide you're special and your kids are gonna sit there for 10min prior to you sitting down with all the food, then each table is being used for 25min instead, and suddenly if everyone does this, there arent enough tables during the busy lunch hour. Because half of them have people sitting at them who don't actually need them yet. I hope this helps.

Thank you for explaining this so well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it is really odd as well as flawed logic that people think it is acceptable to “reserve” a table to eat at while they order their food but that same act is unacceptable in a laundry mat.

I have a swimming pool club membership and it gets pretty crowded in the summer.
Yet people reserve lounge chairs all the time by laying their beach towels, tote bags, etc. so that the loungers will be available for them to use when they need them.
They would be angry if a stranger removed their stuff while they were not there.

Yet why is it acceptable to move someone’s laundry basket from a folding table?

Is it because DCUM believes those that wash their clothes in laundry mats are low~class peasants or something?

It's flawed logic to have the same procedure at a laundry mat, restaurant and swim club. Those are unrelated environments with unrelated actions.

Not necessarily.
I think the situations are similar because a.) they are all public places and b.) they all operate on a 1st come/1st serve basis.

I think it is rude for people to reserve tables in fast food restaurants, laundromats, libraries, etc.
even if these places are very crowded.

The same goes for seating in swimming pool areas and even movie theaters too.
I even find it annoying when someone stands in a parking spot in a crowded lot to reserve it, my Dad did this a lot growing up.

I have also seen people “reserve” picnic tables at parks and even spots in the sand on the beach!!

[Anonymous]

When me and my family visit the beach, we always leave our towels, blankets and coolers in a certain spot so after we are done in the water we can all dry off and sunbathe.

Everyone reserves space for later , it is life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When me and my family visit the beach, we always leave our towels, blankets and coolers in a certain spot so after we are done in the water we can all dry off and sunbathe.

Everyone reserves space for later , it is life.

That's wrong according to posters. You should take those things into the water. When you are done swimming, then you find a spot.

[Anonymous]

People need to be polite to one another and respect each other and know when to step aside.

As a kid, I used to frequent arcades and there were certain video games that were more popular than others.
Like Pac-Man for example.

So while the game was in use, us kids would set our quarters on the game….kind of line them up to wait our turn to play.

Same idea like the examples here illustrate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When me and my family visit the beach, we always leave our towels, blankets and coolers in a certain spot so after we are done in the water we can all dry off and sunbathe.

Everyone reserves space for later , it is life.

That's wrong according to posters. You should take those things into the water. When you are done swimming, then you find a spot.

I am assuming you are being sarcastic here.

People are always reserving spaces in public spaces, I live in a beach town and for next weekend (Memorial Day) my parents usually arrive at the beach/bay at like six in the morning to reserve a picnic table or barbecue pit even though we won’t even get around to eating until afternoon at the earliest.

Why should this rule only apply at the beach?
A laundromat is also a public place as are parks, libraries, restaurants and even public streets.

Some of my neighbors get annoyed at people parking in front of their houses so they sometimes will place an orange cone by the curb so no one will park there!

[Anonymous]

I sometimes go to the laundry mat to wash my comforters, duvets, etc. and I also do this.

However I tend to stand at the folding table so all the other patrons know that I intend on using it to fold my stuff.