We went to the Renaissance Faire today and planned to eat lunch there at the packed food area where there were some park picnic tables set up. As usual there were absolutely no seats available so while Hubby went to buy food at the booths, DD and I scouted for a seat for the four of us.
We found some friends from church who were almost finished sitting at the end of one table and near them was an older man sitting with his back to them obviously saving seats. Our friends even mentioned that he was saving seats for his wife and kids (grandkids?). Well, fine, ok. So my friends finished and offered us their seat (wife was on a bench, hubby was in a wheelchair at the end of the table, so it was technically one seat they gave us) and behind this man's back was the small end of the bench that looked like one more and since his back was turned I figured he was facing the seats he needed. He did not look at us or acknowledge us at all, just sat with his back to us and all this room in front of him.
So my DD sat on the end of the bench next to him, I sat across from her with DS on my lap and Hubby crouched at the end of the table because there was no more room.
Well, when his wife and two young boys came, they all sat on the bench with plenty of room to spare and the man actually slowly scooted toward my daughter until she was actually pushed off the bench and had to stand up. Still no acknowledgment or apology or anything. His family began eating, never said a word to us. So I scooted a tad left and DD sat crammed up next to me on the tag end of our bench.
I was SO mad. I felt like the guy was so rude to my DD I wanted to smack him. He really brought out the angry Mama Bear in me. I didn't say anything though, but sheesh! When space is so limited like that I would think people might be a little more willing to help one another out rather than have the attitude he obviously did that he was going to elbow everyone else out of the way to make sure he and his family were comfortable. GRRRR.
We found some friends from church who were almost finished sitting at the end of one table and near them was an older man sitting with his back to them obviously saving seats. Our friends even mentioned that he was saving seats for his wife and kids (grandkids?). Well, fine, ok. So my friends finished and offered us their seat (wife was on a bench, hubby was in a wheelchair at the end of the table, so it was technically one seat they gave us) and behind this man's back was the small end of the bench that looked like one more and since his back was turned I figured he was facing the seats he needed. He did not look at us or acknowledge us at all, just sat with his back to us and all this room in front of him.
So my DD sat on the end of the bench next to him, I sat across from her with DS on my lap and Hubby crouched at the end of the table because there was no more room.
Well, when his wife and two young boys came, they all sat on the bench with plenty of room to spare and the man actually slowly scooted toward my daughter until she was actually pushed off the bench and had to stand up. Still no acknowledgment or apology or anything. His family began eating, never said a word to us. So I scooted a tad left and DD sat crammed up next to me on the tag end of our bench.
I was SO mad. I felt like the guy was so rude to my DD I wanted to smack him. He really brought out the angry Mama Bear in me. I didn't say anything though, but sheesh! When space is so limited like that I would think people might be a little more willing to help one another out rather than have the attitude he obviously did that he was going to elbow everyone else out of the way to make sure he and his family were comfortable. GRRRR.
