How would you feel/react if .. - Page 2

wildcat fan · ‎03-23-2010

On 3/8/2015 cody2 said:
I would have smiled and moved down one.

Me too. . .then I would ask if he's buying dessert.

tansy · ‎01-02-2011

I would give him three rolling eyes and then move over.

SnowPink · ‎09-20-2014

Hahaha. I don't get the people who would be annoyed. How is this a big deal at all?

VioletEyes · ‎03-12-2010

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.

terrier3 · ‎03-10-2010

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.

It was a crowded coffee shop and he needed two seats together.

It wasn't a big deal.

It's just kind (and easier) to comply. No reason to feel put out.

VioletEyes · ‎03-12-2010

On 3/8/2015 terrier3 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.

It was a crowded coffee shop and he needed two seats together.

It wasn't a big deal.

It's just kind (and easier) to comply. No reason to feel put out.

But she did feel put out and she is entitled to feel that way. What kind of a person sees someone eating their meal and asks them to move everything? A rude person..and when someone is rude, not everyone has to jump up and obey.

colliegirls · ‎05-13-2012

It's no big deal to scoot your plates down one place at a counter or bar.

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

On 3/8/2015 terrier3 said:
On 3/8/2015 cody2 said:
I would have smiled and moved down one.

Me too.

It would have been a kind gesture.

You moved anyway...and it must have been uncomfortable being so close to them after you acted so huffy.

I "acted huffy?" I gave him an unhappy look because he could clearly see I was actively eating as he was asking. He did not actually say "sorry" to indicate he thought it was the slightest inconvenience. And it would not have been an inconvenience, nor would I have thought twice about it, if I had not been in the middle of a meal. Not the beginning before I was served food, and not the end. The.middle. Nor would I have minded all that much if he'd asked in a different way, as in "I'm so sorry to ask you at this point, but would you mind.." I don't know - I guess it's considered odd to expect the smallest bit of forethought and consideration when being asked to do something that's inconvenient. Not inconvenient like moving a water glass, but moving glass, a bowl and a full plate, silverware while eating.

But then, I knew I'd be in for it the moment I posted the OP, because people don't actually read what posters have said, they often respond as if you've said what you've taken pains to explain did not happen. I'm not surprised - or embarrassed either, sorry.

Life without Mexican food is no life at all

VioletEyes · ‎03-12-2010

On 3/8/2015 colliegirls said:
It's no big deal to scoot your plates down one place at a counter or bar.

She said she had her meal, water glass, utensils etc in front of her. When he asked she was eating her meal. What he did was rude and clearly no real reason why she had to accommodate him.