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Original poster

to have not hurried for table hawks?

113 replies

howmuchwouldyoutake · 02/11/2013 22:43

I am totally willing to be told i was being unreasonable.

DP was working today so nipped into town with DS. DS fell asleep in his buggy so i nipped legged it shit hot into a coffee shop.

I sat at one of the tiny, just big enough for two tables with a scone and a posh coffee and had been there maybe 10 minutes (so still had half left) when a couple approached with a tray and asked if i'd be long. I said 'yes, sorry, a little while' and went back to the trashy mag i was reading thinking that they'd move on.

Nope - she asked how long! I repeated i'd be a little while and he said 'well we'll wait here'. Then they stood right over me for a good 5 minutes watching me stuff my face until a table came free over the other side (which i pointed out - they were too busy hovering next to me)

Cafe was busy. No other tables but they didn't ask anyone else, just hovered. My table was really tiny so i didn't offer to share. Not a big deal in the scheme of it but totally spoilt my treat. Wibu not to have hurried?

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froubylou · 03/11/2013 02:39

Now I want a scone or something.

Have an Eccles cake in cupboard but can't be bothered to go and get it. Plus was reading It before and the wind is all blowy and not sure if I dare.

But ywdnbu. Rude bastards.

MokuMoku · 03/11/2013 03:25

A woman did this to us at the park. My son had literally climbed on the swing and she came and stood about a foot from him saying to her daughter "Don't worry he won't be long", "Not long now, he's almost finished", "He must be almost done now". After waiting a total of around 3 minutes she told her daughter to ask if she could have a turn now. It was very annoying!!

People do this in car parks too. As soon as you get to your car they're hovering and waiting. It takes me a while to get the kids strapped in and the sat nav booted up and set.

Everyone knows it is scone -> jam -> cream.

Chottie · 03/11/2013 03:44

I do think this couple were unreasonable. I would have smiled sweetly and explained I was waiting for a friend who had been delayed and would not be there for at least 30 minutes :)

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Jengnr · 03/11/2013 08:13

I'd have had another brew.

Sirzy · 03/11/2013 08:19

How rude of them. If you had been sat for 20 minutes after having finished your food and drink then I could understand them asking but when someone still has food it is down right rude.

Sirzy · 03/11/2013 08:20

People do this in car parks too. As soon as you get to your car they're hovering and waiting. It takes me a while to get the kids strapped in and the sat nav booted up and set.

as long as your not stopping other cars getting past why wouldn't you? If a car park is busy thats not rushing people its doing the sensible thing of seeing a space will come soon and waiting for it!

OverAndAbove · 03/11/2013 08:25

I thought we'd had ths out months ago. It's scone, butter, jam, loads of cream

YANBU BTW, they were rude

ZombieMojaveWonderer · 03/11/2013 08:34

I would have asked them to move away. I would then have ordered another coffee and possibly something else to eat because I am really petty like that and I won't be rushed. Wink

Original poster
howmuchwouldyoutake · 03/11/2013 08:39

Glad to see i wasn't being unreasonable.

It was a cheese scone - my absolute favourite and no jam cream dilemma!

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neffi · 03/11/2013 08:43

It's ok to bagsy a table if you're prepared to give it up to someone who needs it before you and it's scone, butter, jam, clotted cream.

Thank you.

Moreisnnogedag · 03/11/2013 08:44

I'd have camped out, waved down the waitress and asked for more. How bloody rude hovering like that. Alternatively, I'd have fixed them with a steely scare and pull off a crumb at a time and chew it like a cow until they got the hint. Rude shits.

waikikamookau · 03/11/2013 08:44

love cheese scones. dont like the usually offered strawberry jam, prefer blackcurrent.

they were totally unreasonable.

waikikamookau · 03/11/2013 08:45

and scone butter jam cream

waikikamookau · 03/11/2013 08:46

you should have changed your baby's nappy, at the table Shock Grin

i jest.

Beastofburden · 03/11/2013 08:48

See, the point of clotted cream is it's instead of butter.

So, scone, clotted cream, jam if its proper cream
Scone butter jam otherwise as non clotted cream on a scone is just wrong

( Devon born and bred)

MokuMoku · 03/11/2013 08:48

Ah, a cheese scone! Nice drip feed. You could have mentioned that vital piece of information in your OP ;)

I don't mind people waiting patiently for my spot at car parks but if they are sitting glaring at you it's not very nice. I think it is better to ask though because sometimes my husband and I split up and arrange to meet at the car so I might be a long while yet.

Beccagain · 03/11/2013 08:50

You mean you don't have jam, butter and cream, (other sequences are available) with a cheese scone. whatever next????

youarewinning · 03/11/2013 08:52

That is so bloody rude Shock

YWNBU. I do think you should have stayed longer though!

invisible84 · 03/11/2013 08:52

YWNBU, they were so rude!

However I hate table baggers. I tend to go out alone and can never get a seat - the other day I had to eat my lunch standing up, while people sat watching me who were bagging tables for people in the queue. I had finished by the time they got their food so they could have let me use the table. I think eateries should have a set section for single occupants who can't bag a table before ordering.

Tee2072 · 03/11/2013 08:53

I would have ordered another coffee.

It's scone, butter, jam.

I don't like cream on my scones.

::flees::

HicDraconis · 03/11/2013 08:55

I'd have ordered something else even if I wasn't hungry. They were rude.

Scone -> clotted cream -> jam.
Scone -> jam -> other cream.
Scone -> butter -> jam only if no cream available.

Cheese scone -> butter -> jam -> cream :)

Original poster
howmuchwouldyoutake · 03/11/2013 08:55

Sorry... Drip, drip... But to me there are no scones other than cheese. I love them. I could almost taste it as soon as the idea of nipping into the coffee shop dawned. I almost ran and didn't think twice about bagsying the table.

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Morgause · 03/11/2013 08:57

I'd have gone into slow motion and hummed Chariots of Fire.

Morgause · 03/11/2013 08:57

And it's butter, jam, cream