Outsourcing my table

[shanepang]

I walked to Quizno's for lunch. It's a short walk, about ten minutes. It takes an equal amount of time to walk back, and an equal amount of time to get my food, an equal amount of time to eat: 40 minutes total, walking, ordering, eating, and walking at a brisk place. I intended to write for the remainder of my lunch hour, but Quizno's was too

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[sausagefestcomx]

...awkward...

Personally, on the realization that there are no vacant tables, I would have bought my food and left the restaurant; that's the American way. Perhaps, the Indian guy was looking for a friend.

Cuturally, on a non-American level, I'm not sure. Was it a "WOO-WOO-WOO" Feathered-Headband Indian or a dotted-forehead "AWAAAAAAAAH" Indian?

(Post Script: I hope you enjoyed that "Strangers with Candy" reference)

[shanepang]

Dot, but of course, he didn't have a dot on his forehead, so there's no way to really know.

[sausagefestcomx]

Bee Tea Double Ewe, did you know there's an Aerie Girls facebook group?

[tedfaust]

I know from our mutual close friend who spent a year in Chile that people there have no problems sharing restaurant seats with strangers. American culture is nearly unprecidented in its prizing of privacy and personal space, and its intense fear of "others."