Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Being told where to sit in a resteraunts really gets my goat to the point that if I can't choose where I sit I don't spend money there. Couple of cases recently.
One lunchtime in Heathrow I fancied eating at the Italian resteraunt for lunch, spotted a table away from the speaker system of endless Musak so I could makes some calls and eat some grub. But oh, no, that's the drinking area and they don't serve food to those tables. I'd have to move to the musak zone.
Last night with 4 hours to kill at Charles de Gaul Teminal 2, me and my colleague wanted drinks, a decent meal and space to work. There are few eateries but Hippopotamaus fitted the bill. Most of the tables were roped off except a small area where a few diners (they were not busy) were coralled there was a 4 person table. but oh no, we were only 2 people and we had to have a 2 person table wtf?? We told them we were going to have an unhealth amount of drinks and 3 course meals and wanted a little space each to work, but no go. So I said it's that table or we walk .... so we did. At the next resteraunt (pretty much the only one left), similar deal table-wise but it was no problem, take our time no worries. 61 Euros later we left happily.
I have loads more occasions where this is the case, hotels too can be just as bad. I can understand if the place is heaving busy, but when virtually empty or with plenty space available I really don't see the problem of letting the person who pays the wages sit where he/she chooses.
One lunchtime in Heathrow I fancied eating at the Italian resteraunt for lunch, spotted a table away from the speaker system of endless Musak so I could makes some calls and eat some grub. But oh, no, that's the drinking area and they don't serve food to those tables. I'd have to move to the musak zone.

Last night with 4 hours to kill at Charles de Gaul Teminal 2, me and my colleague wanted drinks, a decent meal and space to work. There are few eateries but Hippopotamaus fitted the bill. Most of the tables were roped off except a small area where a few diners (they were not busy) were coralled there was a 4 person table. but oh no, we were only 2 people and we had to have a 2 person table wtf?? We told them we were going to have an unhealth amount of drinks and 3 course meals and wanted a little space each to work, but no go. So I said it's that table or we walk .... so we did. At the next resteraunt (pretty much the only one left), similar deal table-wise but it was no problem, take our time no worries. 61 Euros later we left happily.
I have loads more occasions where this is the case, hotels too can be just as bad. I can understand if the place is heaving busy, but when virtually empty or with plenty space available I really don't see the problem of letting the person who pays the wages sit where he/she chooses.