How do you save a table at breakfast? Row with other guest

[PJHarvey]

So you're staying in a hotel with one other person, and breakfast is a buffet where you can choose your own table. How do you save your spot?

• take turns going up to get food, so there's always someone at the table.
• both go up together but leave some belongings there, like a jacket or sunglasses.
• something else to indicate your presence (if so what?)

I had a pretty unpleasant encounter with a horrible man this morning over this, and am wondering who is in the wrong.

Leave your sunglasses if you're both away from the table.

We usually take it in turns

Leave belongings on the table.

Take it in turns

It's probably clearer to take it in turns. Leaves no room for doubt.

I’d probably have something on the table -jacket, glasses or whatever- or leave a person there, otherwise it’s just an empty table that anyone else could sit at. If someone else had sat there in our absence I would have just picked a different table rather than an argument.

You quickly go and get coffee and plonk it down with your bag and then go back to buffet.

Leave my bag or scarf over the chair, or a book or something on the table.

If there's 4 of us then two will go up at a time. If just 2 of us then we leave items on the table

I would leave aomething on table and go get juice. Put that down and then wandering over to buffet. It is then clear that table is already occupied.

Either taking turns or leaving something like a jacket on the table should be fine.

I usually holiday solo so I always mark the table with something, much easier than having to decide where to sit once I’ve got my food.

I'd take turns to avoid issues, but I wouldn't seat myself at any table that had a personal possession on it as that should be enough to indicate someone is sitting there.

Leave stuff on the table

Take it in turns to avoid any confusion

Leave belongings on table as that’s what I do if on my own.

Leave stuff or a person at the table

Just don't all leave table at same time.

Leave something low value on the table, a book or a newspaper.

leave belongings an a drink, often a glass of water or juice

Leave something at the table

We always do the first one - take it in turns.

Leaving something on the table should v be enough.

If you don’t have anything on you, then either take it in turns or go and get a juice or something to put on the table and go back for the rest.

The table needs to be clearly being used- a single book might be easy to miss, either multiple items or a person.

I was in a hotel on my own last week, so the challenge is even greater.

I got myself coffee before taking a table then put the coffee on "my" table while I went to get food.

We take turns