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[Justina rae]

Maybe the girlfriend should have sat on his lap.

[Moonchilde]

On 3/9/2015 shoptilyadropagain said:

If I had noticed the lack of seating when they came in, I would have offered to move down before being asked.

What part of 'there were no empty seats' did you not read above?

[Moonchilde]

On 3/8/2015 Joey Heatherton said: Hi moonchilde ..........I think I would have thought "rude jerk" but then I would have skootched over...... if I were at a table, and a rude jerk had asked me to hurry for his convenience, then I would have called the manager......but the counter is a little different........I do understand your annoyance... I do......but the older I get the more I realize that little, superficial orap doesn't matter.......you have a RIGHT to your feelings.....but don't upset yourself over nonsense......jmo.....be happy!

Not super upset, but definitely annoyed ;-)

[Moonchilde]

On 3/9/2015 CardinalGirl said:

On 3/8/2015 moonchilde said:

On 3/8/2015 SoftRaindrops said: Moonchilde, I can sympathize. He was rude and personally, I would have told him I was unable to get up. No excuses, and then I would simply have ignored him. I guess I have just lived a long time and do what I want and I don't care if some stranger thinks I'm not nice.

Thanks, SR :-) I too am not overly concerned what strangers think, so all the "you are just a silly rude person" responses without anything more constructive doesn't faze me. In these forums it's expected, and you know how people can't bear to disappoint ;-)

If you aren't "overly concerned with what strangers think", why did you even ask for our opinions? I guess you only wanted people who shared your opinion to answer your question.

In any case, my answer is that I would have smiled and moved. No big deal. On the other hand, If I was in that guy's situation, I wouldn't have asked someone to move in the middle of their meal.

Not overly concerned with what strangers, in person (not on a forum) think, or strangers on a forum who not only offer an opinion, whatever it might be, but add deliberate snark or a deliberately negative personal comment. Everyone can offer an opinion, which is why I asked. But I'm not obligated to give any importance to responses that are calculated to be rude. Note that I'm not saying I only want people to agree with me, I'm saying that I don't need to concern myself with deliberately rude or deliberately baiting/inflammatory responses. Is that clearer for you?

[shoptilyadropagain]

On 3/9/2015 moonchilde said:

On 3/9/2015 shoptilyadropagain said:

If I had noticed the lack of seating when they came in, I would have offered to move down before being asked.

What part of 'there were no empty seats' did you not read above?

I've reread your original post several times and it does not say there were "no empty seats". I understood your original post to mean there was an empty stool or two at the bar and he asked you and another person or two to move down so that the guy and his girlfriend could sit together at stools at the bar.

[mima]

I would have just slid down and not thought anything of it.

To the person that said he could just sit apart from his girlfriend because she wasn't a child was strange. I would never go to a coffee shop and sit apart from my DH at all. I just would not. I would have asked OP to slide down too. How hard is that?

[TaxyLady]

Everyday there are opportunities to show a kindness to someone. I would have moved down.

[Moonchilde]

On 3/9/2015 shoptilyadropagain said:

On 3/9/2015 moonchilde said:

On 3/9/2015 shoptilyadropagain said:

If I had noticed the lack of seating when they came in, I would have offered to move down before being asked.

What part of 'there were no empty seats' did you not read above?

I've reread your original post several times and it does not say there were "no empty seats". I understood your original post to mean there was an empty stool or two at the bar and he asked you and another person or two to move down so that the guy and his girlfriend could sit together at stools at the bar.

LOL sorry - I tend to assume that people who comment on a thread with several pages of running commentary have read more than just the OP. I know I read most or all of the posts in a thread before I post.

[VioletEyes]

On 3/9/2015 TaxyLady said:

Everyday there are opportunities to show a kindness to someone. I would have moved down.

Aren't you the poster who bragged about throwing catsup in somebody's hair in a fast food joint? Yes, just another opportunity to show someone a kindness, LOL!!

[Moonchilde]

On 3/9/2015 terrier3 said:

Why are you even THINKING about this???

I would have forgotten about the encounter about 5 minutes after the event happened.

You asked for opinions, and that's mine.

BTW - I don't see this as a negative comment - just my opinion.

Because people are still commenting on a thread I started shortly after the occurrence. Should I stop replying? Why? Does replying mean I'm constantly thinking about it since yesterday? Does replying mean I'm obsessing about it? Believe me, it's a small, random part of my day.