The guy who got perturbed by being in your presence was rude.

 

Yes, you're rude... but what's all this business about Starbucks?

 

You are an ass,

just not in the situation described. In that case, just once the other person was an ass.

 

I think Raul is turning into the new dyhppy.

 

You would have been a better person if you said something to him about sharing the table as soon as he appeared. But you're not an egregious abuser like some at my local Starbucks.

There's this woman and her male friend, can't say what relationship, who are there every single time I stop by over lunch (few times a week). They must live there. Anyway, several times I've seen her take one of those small tables for her laptop and bag but hang out on a couch, leaving the table unattended for as long as I was there. Now THAT's f'ing rude in a relatively crowded shop!

 

im going to go to a dealership and start putting my shit in brand new cars so that by the time i'm ready to buy, no one else will have bought it yet.

 

the other party was in the wrong. you can't 'claim' a spot by leaving your random shit behind. maybe if they had an extra body staking claim to the table, but leaving random crap behind isn't a good way to claim a table.

how is a person to know if maybe your dumb ass just forgot to take your stuff with you when you left?

I agree with saki on this one. instead of waiting around, you should have taken the dumbass' shit. that's what happens when you're a dumbass and you leave stuff around unattended.

however, now that I'm thinking about it, what if the guy went to the bathroom or something?

I think this may have been a fail by both parties. someone should have said something to the other.... which in itself is a point that bothers me because to the general public, we're all strangers to each other, and we refuse to communicate unless we have to. its a shame we can't just say 'hi' or bust out into random conversation with a stranger without it being perceived as 'weird' or 'crazy,' but I digress.

 

The other guy was WRONG... not only once, but TWICE.

Once for thinking that he can claim or take dibs on a table before he has his coffee.

In order for the scenario to go down like it did meant that you were in line before him and he saw the open chair and then staked claim. This is rude. Etiquette states that if you have a person with you who is waiting, they can then take a seat and "reserve" it until you get there. Reserving a table or seat when you are the only one is not socially acceptable.

When he approached you and gave you the stink eye, he was wrong again. Someone like that will never learn. Next time just slurp your coffee really loud, prop your feet up and say...... "AAAAhhhhhhhhhh".

Bottom line, you have a product in hand, you are a paying customer, you have dibs on available seating.

Tim

 

I tried that, yet they wouldn't give me the McLaren.

 

Maybe you should have adopted 8D's ownership-assertion policy...