So I had a "family breakfast" with my mother & grandmother this morning. First of all, most of the breakfast I was trying to contemplate the decibel to annoyance ratio of the zoo that inhabited the restaurant. Now before I proceed, I will concede that our service was outstanding....the food came in a fashionable time frame, our waitress checked on us only twice and had a very amicable disposition, and the meal itself was well cooked and in proportion to a normal size serving! Now here's where the problem lies...there was an empty table behind us, none in front, and an empty table to the lower right diagonal from where we were seated. A waitress(not ours) was seating a family who had required a booster chair for their offspring(ok ok, their c-h-i-l-d, sorry, to harsh considering...). So there was an extra chair that needed to be moved, and where did the waitress decide to place said chair, right behind my mother & grandmother's chairs that they were seated in. Before I could do anything, the woman at that table came back and picked up the chair and was considering placing it at the table for what I assume was another arriving member of their brood. When she took all of 3 seconds to think about it, she decided to place the chair back where she got it...RIGHT BEHIND MY MOTHER & GRANDMOTHER...and then almost immediately an elderly couple sat behind at the table, and instead of moving the extra chair away, the elderly woman struggled to make herself fit into the seat without disturbing the apparently unmovable chair. So without hesitation, I get up, firmly grab the extra chair and slam beside the EMPTY table in the lower right diagonal corner from us, and sat back down. I don't quite understand how two seemingly normal everyday people(one of which who works there), could be so oblivious to their surroundings which we commonly share. Have you ever been to an outdoor market or even at your local mall, its not shopping that people dislike, it's the disregard for the aforementioned figure no more than 3 feet in front of them whose careless attitude destroys the ambiance of any public enjoyment. I'm just sayin'...

Bri,

Can I get the cliff notes? Thanks.

Sorry Chrissy, didn't realize you needed a Coles book to understand the complexities of my ramblings.

Sorry Bri. It was kind of hard to read.

It's ok Chrissy...usually "gun-shy" people are not the first to respond, but I'm glad you at least attempted to navigate in my verbal direction.

Bri, you seem a bit "tight". Lighten up man. We live in a world with other people. Relax. They didn't think the way you do.

Hell Bri, I'm only gun-shy about relations. I live my life balls to the wall.

So tell me about your breakfast? What bothered you exactly? I did get through the part that it was a nice meal and you got good service.

I agree. You got a long life ahead of you if you let this kind of **** get to you. Annoyed is one thing, but to go on the internet and write a novel about it?

Ted...obviously a former hippie who has taken to the internet, which might i add goes against the hippie vs. corporate understanding. I appreciate your insight into my "tightness", but if we are to remain the most dominant species, we must, for lack of a better phrase, we must all get along, and with that comes the responsibility of the awareness of others. And a little humble pie wouldn't hurt now and again either!

Lewis my computer chum, when was the last time you read a novel, let alone a book without pictures? I have the utmost respect and love for the future of my life, yours and others....which is why it's imperative that we all not just tolerate our differences & commonalities, but respect them as well...not just turn a blind eye and say, oh well.

P.S. Lewis, I wish you first place in your marathon...my friend Jenn is a mara-runner as well and has qualified for next years Boston marathon.

Oh Chrissy...lol. To stop and smell your roses would drive me bonkers.

Well I like to think I am still, not former, a Hippie.
And I agree with you Bri "a little humble pie wouldn't hurt now and again either"

Well Ted, you get the plates and I'll try to locate the spoons

Bri, they are lillies but everyone just needs to stop and smell the flowers every now and then don't you think?

...(Ted continued)...unless you're a fork kinda guy.

I'll bring the napkins and the "Peace pipe".

Come on guys, it's Sunday morning. Breath, converse, enjoy!

I have noticed over the past several years that with cell phones, I pods, and all the other stuff technology has "blessed" us with, that people are becoming less and less aware of things which are right in front of their noses.

Why am I getting the undiscerning feeling that we have strayed off my topic completely and have now moved on to flowers and pie, which is quaint enough, but definitely not my cup of tea today.