Don Draper
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How about split couples? They'll pick a time but (usually) husband down early for coffee, hungry, tells me wife wants to sleep in, not so sure what/if she wants breakfast (diet pepsi, maybe ). Rare, but happens. Not much of a problem as the late-comer doesn't expect the full treatment..This happens a lot. Worst is when we're really busy and the early bird snags a table and parks there for 2 hours. If I ask if the spouse is joining them I get, 'Oh, yes s/he'll be right down.' And they never show. At 9:25 I will say, 'Breakfast is over, would you like to eat before the kitchen closes?' And they make a mad dash to the room to get the spouse.Tom said:How about split couples? They'll pick a time but (usually) husband down early for coffee, hungry, tells me wife wants to sleep in, not so sure what/if she wants breakfast (diet pepsi, maybe ). Rare, but happens. Not much of a problem as the late-comer doesn't expect the full treatment.
That probably annoys me more than anything. Someone who holds us hostage with 'they'll be right down' and the person takes another hour. Well, like I said, 9:30 the kitchen closes.
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This is hard on us too, with 12 seats and up to 21 people here. We won't let them "camp out" if someone else is waiting to eat, but then we just have two tables. Hubs has gotten quite good at politely inviting them to take their juice/coffee into the parlor so someone else can sit to eat.Alibi Ike said:That probably annoys me more than anything. Someone who holds us hostage with 'they'll be right down' and the person takes another hour. Well, like I said, 9:30 the kitchen closes.
Then you have the super people who are willing to jump up at any time if they see someone else waiting to eat. The people who realize they just might NOT be the center of the Universe...those are my people!!!