Starbucks tables - taking a free chair

[Eddie Teach]

But you lynch the blacks.

He was insulting Polish intelligence there.

(Been looking for an excuse to use that smilie.  )

[Sheilbh]

If there's no free tables left I will - though I ask first.

[DisturbedPervert]

If there are no free tables I'd go somewhere else or get takeaway.   Don't really want to sit in a starbucks anyway.

[Viking]

meh....

Don't drink coffee and I hate people I don't know.

[Slargos]

People usually wouldn't sit down at an occupied table here either. Maybe if the place was full and there are only free chairs at occupied tables.

This.

Although I (and I think this goes for a lot of Swedes in general) will generally choose another establishment if there are no empty tables.

[Gambrinus]

People usually wouldn't sit down at an occupied table here either. Maybe if the place was full and there are only free chairs at occupied tables.

This.

Although I (and I think this goes for a lot of Swedes in general) will generally choose another establishment if there are no empty tables.

If there is a similar one in the vicinity. Btw, the same goes for an establishment with only empty tables.

[Josquius]

You sit at a table you own the table. Nobody else can sit there.
Even to ask you if they can sit there is very weird and only to be done in the most dire of circumstances. To do it without asking is insanity.

[Iormlund]

Only if there is no empty table. And I would ask as well.

That been said, I do find weird how reserved you guys are in most circumstances. Guess it's the lack of sunshine.

[Ed Anger]

I'm amused by the fuckers wanting the ketchup bottle on the table. FUCK YOU, YOU WHORE. Ask the shitty staff, bitch.

[Slargos]

Only if there is no empty table. And I would ask as well.

That been said, I do find weird how reserved you guys are in most circumstances. Guess it's the lack of sunshine.

The personal sphere is a lot more powerful here than in a lot of other countries, it's just how we roll.

I think it's a general population density cultural thing more than anything else.

[Sheilbh]

Only if there is no empty table. And I would ask as well.

That been said, I do find weird how reserved you guys are in most circumstances. Guess it's the lack of sunshine.

I'm English and I agree it's weird.  If there's no empty table, you ask and you sit.  There's no point going to another cafe.

It also depends on the place.  In some places you're going to have to sit next to people - for example some caffs or places with just benches - in which case no need to ask.

[merithyn]

Only if there is no empty table. And I would ask as well.

That been said, I do find weird how reserved you guys are in most circumstances. Guess it's the lack of sunshine.

I'm English and I agree it's weird.  If there's no empty table, you ask and you sit.  There's no point going to another cafe.

It also depends on the place.  In some places you're going to have to sit next to people - for example some caffs or places with just benches - in which case no need to ask.

I'm American, and I agree, as well. If the place is packed and there is nowhere else to sit, I ask if I can join someone at a table that has room. I don't generally engage them in conversation unless they seem interested in it, though. Generally, I just eat my food/drink my coffee/read my book.

[Monoriu]

The generally accepted rule in HK is -

If there are empty tables, take them first.
If all the tables are occupied, AND the place looks like the kind of place where sharing of tables is allowed (e.g. food court, cheap place, the waiters direct people to share tables, Starbucks etc), ask politely if the empty seats are "available". 

[Mr.Penguin]

The generally accepted rule in HK is -

If there are empty tables, take them first.
If all the tables are occupied, AND the place looks like the kind of place where sharing of tables is allowed (e.g. food court, cheap place, the waiters direct people to share tables, Starbucks etc), ask politely if the empty seats are "available".

I think that is pretty much standard, just about anywhere in the civilized world...

[citizen k]

I think that is pretty much standard, just about anywhere in the civilized world...

Marty is still learning.