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I went to lunch at one of my favorite lunch spots - a large food court in the basement of a mall. My favorite Korean food stand was not there anymore (bummer) but there was an alternate Japanese stand that had Tonkatsu. That's a tenderized, flat boneless pork chop that is breaded, fried and cut in to strips for those unfamiliar with the Japanese language.
As a result, I was at a different location within the food court for seating. Something just didn't feel right. Then it dawned on me. There are two rules of seating in a public place:
1. Never put your back to the door.
2. Never put your back to the crowd.
Well, I saw the big glass doors and automatically sat at one of the few two chair tables and sat facing them, and it just didn't feel right. The big open expanse was behind me. So I had to analyze the options.
a) Sit on the other side of the table, facing the crowd. That's just trading one evil for the other.
b) Sit on the side, keeping one eye on the door, and one eye on the crowd. Two things wrong with that one. It's a compromize position, and I hate the C word. Secondy, it's distracting and I don't get full coverage anyway. Plus you get crosseyed in a hurry trying to do that.
c) Sit at one of the big tables further in to the crowd. I'm by myself, so I'm trying to be accomodating by not hogging a whole 4 or 6 chair table on my own.
d) Move to the other end of the food court. Although either far corner would be absolutely PERFECT as far as comfort goes, they would never find me and they would probably take my food back rather than perform an extended search (it's a fairly big place.)
e) Get it to go and walk away with it. That defeats the purpose of going out to eat. I don't bring lunch to work because I want to get the F out of the place during lunch time and plus I like burgers, which are awkward to make and pack ahead of time.
f) Suck it up and deal with it. Well that's what I ended up doing, but damn did it make for a miserable eating experience. The mojo was off.
Hindsight is always 20/20. Of all the lunch possibilities, that one little Korean stand was the only reason I went to the food court anyway. It's a decently long walk from the office. I should have just bagged it and got a burger from some sort of burger place. But, I was already there. The Tonkatsu from the Japanese stand was mediocre at best, served with too much rice, which I shouldn't have ate anyway but I did, and measly scraps of lettuce for a salad. I should have left the place and got a burger.
These are the things about which I stress.
Q. Why does Sac Arrow like the little Korean food stand?
A. To watch their reaction when Sac does the Gangnam dance when ordering. Their eyes bulge out, they turn red and start steaming. The Italian stand isn't nearly as much fun, I guess my Mussolini impersonation is a bit off.
As a result, I was at a different location within the food court for seating. Something just didn't feel right. Then it dawned on me. There are two rules of seating in a public place:
1. Never put your back to the door.
2. Never put your back to the crowd.
Well, I saw the big glass doors and automatically sat at one of the few two chair tables and sat facing them, and it just didn't feel right. The big open expanse was behind me. So I had to analyze the options.
a) Sit on the other side of the table, facing the crowd. That's just trading one evil for the other.
b) Sit on the side, keeping one eye on the door, and one eye on the crowd. Two things wrong with that one. It's a compromize position, and I hate the C word. Secondy, it's distracting and I don't get full coverage anyway. Plus you get crosseyed in a hurry trying to do that.
c) Sit at one of the big tables further in to the crowd. I'm by myself, so I'm trying to be accomodating by not hogging a whole 4 or 6 chair table on my own.
d) Move to the other end of the food court. Although either far corner would be absolutely PERFECT as far as comfort goes, they would never find me and they would probably take my food back rather than perform an extended search (it's a fairly big place.)
e) Get it to go and walk away with it. That defeats the purpose of going out to eat. I don't bring lunch to work because I want to get the F out of the place during lunch time and plus I like burgers, which are awkward to make and pack ahead of time.
f) Suck it up and deal with it. Well that's what I ended up doing, but damn did it make for a miserable eating experience. The mojo was off.
Hindsight is always 20/20. Of all the lunch possibilities, that one little Korean stand was the only reason I went to the food court anyway. It's a decently long walk from the office. I should have just bagged it and got a burger from some sort of burger place. But, I was already there. The Tonkatsu from the Japanese stand was mediocre at best, served with too much rice, which I shouldn't have ate anyway but I did, and measly scraps of lettuce for a salad. I should have left the place and got a burger.
These are the things about which I stress.
Q. Why does Sac Arrow like the little Korean food stand?
A. To watch their reaction when Sac does the Gangnam dance when ordering. Their eyes bulge out, they turn red and start steaming. The Italian stand isn't nearly as much fun, I guess my Mussolini impersonation is a bit off.
