I don't know if I'm being a) an egomaniac, b) paranoid, c) grumpy, or d) giving off some weird, undetectable, electromagnetic attraction aura - but there's something that happens to me a lot in bars that is puzzling.
It happened again last night. I went to one of my favorite bar/restaurants for dinner. I like to go alone, sit in the bar area, and read the Daily News. The food is very good at this place, the bartenders are great with buybacks, all in all, it's very relaxing.
Anyway, I get there at about 5:30, and the place is still pretty empty at that time of the day. So, I'm reading the paper, enjoying a pre-dinner glass of wine (an amusing little pinot noir), and someone comes in and sits down RIGHT NEXT TO ME. There were about 20 empty barstools, only one other customer at the bar - and this guy has to sit right next to me.
And, natch, it was a guy. It's never a hot little 19-year-old blonde (not that she should be in a bar, but I won't tell). It's always a guy. A big hairy fat guy. Probably smelled too.
Now I really don't mind strangers sitting next to me, and, obviously, when bars fill up, it's unavoidable. But why would you choose to sit five inches away from someone when there are plenty of empty seats available?
I had to actually move my newspaper, which I had spread out a little.
I just don't get it. But stop doing it, people. Leave me alone. Thank you.
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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9 comments:
hehe I vote for grumpy!!
lol maybe he was hoping you would buy him a drink?
Do you wear cologne!? :)
It's worse JBK when you're a girl and the fat guy sits close to you and then brushes up against you 10 times - ewww!
Yes, I don't get it either! Similiar story: I was in a movie theater, it was empty but a couple sat in the two seats in front of me...made no sense!
Don't get me started on movie theaters. I've actually got up and moved when people have sit directly in front of me when there were clearly plenty of other empty seats around. And I've had people come in and even with empty seats everywhere they will go out of their way to climb over me to get to seats in my row. I know no one likes to sit too close or too far from the screen, but if you have a choice and there are empty seats why do you need to be near where I am sitting? VERY annoying.
hah this might be a New York thing only, but what about the guys who sit next to you on the subway or on a bus seat when there is plenty of other spaces - and their legs just have to go up against yours! I hate that. And JBK like you never get a good looking girl, it's never a good looking guy on the subway or bus, it's always a disgusting guy, maybe the same ones who sits next to you in bars! :)
What about the guys who STAND next to you on a crowded subway and always make sure they get their arm brushing against your boobs!! Tthey are pigs lol.
Hmm I love the idea behind this website, very unique.
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