Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

.... In fact a single person would probably get a little more attention from me as someone by themselves in that situation often seems to like a bit of a chat.

...ah yes .... running the gauntlet of the pervy waiter
Another downside.

:P

Generali

michaels wrote: »

Am I seeing a new business opportunity as a 'second diner' available to accompany those not wishing or able to dine alone?

Will eat for food.

bugslet

PasturesNew wrote: »

...ah yes .... running the gauntlet of the pervy waiter
Another downside.

:P

There was I thinking it was an upside......:o

hjd

bugslet wrote: »

There was I thinking it was an upside......:o

depends how pervy..

CKhalvashi

bugslet wrote: »

There was I thinking it was an upside......:o

Maybe she meant it as an upside

PasturesNew

CKhalvashi wrote: »

Maybe she meant it as an upside

No, waiters, on the whole, are hovering and creepy .... they slink over to your table, loom hugely over you, while holding their hands together and ask "is everything all right?"

"Yeah ... if you mean do I love to be interrupted by you gliding/slithering up to the table, then looming hugely over my table and interrupting me while I was eating .... yeah, fine."

Food is a private thing; eating is a (fairly) private thing....I am small; I don't like to be loomed over. I don't WANT huge looming strangers trying to engage me in any form of pointless chat when I'm trying to eat the food! I don't like people looming over my food. Go loom elsewhere.....

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

eating is a (fairly) private thing

Not necessarily!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31130947

silvercar

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Plug washing machine into extension cord? Take plug off extension cord and feed wire through drilled hole then reattach?

Was a genius idea. Bought the extension lead, brought it home and realised that there is no gap large enough between machine and worktop or machine and side wall for the plug and extension bar. Even if I could plug into the socket outside of the gap, there is no room to position the extension lead, unless I let it hang at the back. It gets damp at the back because the drier air vent goes accross that wall, so don't really want it left there.

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

Food is a private thing; eating is a (fairly) private thing....I am small; I don't like to be loomed over. I don't WANT huge looming strangers trying to engage me in any form of pointless chat when I'm trying to eat the food! I don't like people looming over my food. Go loom elsewhere.....

I gotta admit that I pretty much disagree with all of that.

Eating is a social activity. The word companionship apparently means 'with bread'.

One of the reasons that I love cooking is that I love to give my friends something lovely.

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

I gotta admit that I pretty much disagree with all of that.

Eating is a social activity. The word companionship apparently means 'with bread'.

One of the reasons that I love cooking is that I love to give my friends something lovely.

I meant that when one's dining alone .... which is where we started.

And, actually, I don't want to be loomed over if eating with other people. I HATE loomers. People invading your space, standing tall/wide over you, expecting you to answer unexpected questions.

As a small person, I find there are many situations where bigger people "crush" me with their huge presence. They're tall and stuff ... and big .... and it's intimidating too.

Imagine yourself in a world where many people are over twice your volume and 20-25% taller than you. It's very lonely down there and you can get easily overwhelmed by the presence of some people.