Feast of Booths

Have you ever eaten at, say, IHOP, and you have five people, but you don’t want the big table ‘cause that’s like for eight people, so you take a booth and have one person sit on a chair at the end of the booth? That is dangerous.  I’ve been that guy on the end. It’s like sitting in the street. I’ve been elbowed,  hip checked and run over by waitresses multiple times. It’s not their fault – they’re just trying to do their jobs and you’re in the way. But you end up going home with blueberry syrup all over your clothes and you have to explain that to your dry cleaner and it’s all a big hassle.

Have you ever gone to a buffet restaurant where there are booths? What’s up with that? If you’re on one of the inside seats you’re doomed. It’s great if you’re on a diet, ‘cause you can really only go to the buffet when the outside guy’s going and then you have to get back to your seat somehow before he does. It’s tough. They put booths in those places because they want you to eat less food. Next time you’re at a buffet check out how the hostess seats the heavier people in the booths instead of the tables so they have less access to the food. It doesn’t take a genius to figure this stuff out…