question of the day

when i go to a restaurant i go in hoping that i will be lucky enough to be given a booth to sit in even though there is only two of us. the chairs that they have at their normal tables are pretty much the most uncomfortable things ever made and i would almost rather eat standing up or sitting on the ground. they always have the tables super close to each other so your pretty much eating with complete strangers whereas the booths are sort of off in their own private area...as much as they can be in a crowded room anyways. so my question is, when the waiter comes too seat us and they start leading us too the tables and i look frantically to see if there are even any booths open in the direction we are going, why oh why do they always turn around with a sorrowful, apologetic look and say with a worried tone "is a booth ok?" or sometimes even giving me the choice asking if i would prefer a booth or a table always looking a little shocked with i say immediately and forcefully "a booth please!" is there really people out there that prefer the hard rigid chairs to the semi-couch of the booth? or maybe waiters are just a strange breed of people that prefer the chairs themselves? i did wait tables for a little while and i have to say it had no affect on my ability to discern whether a chair was comfortable or not. so no wait staff of america, i don't want to sit in a hard chair if a booth is available, and if the restaurant is empty i'm going to ask for a booth if you try to give me a table. also i don't want to sleep on concrete, eat moldy food, or get locked in your walk in freezer and i would prefer to not have pins stuck under my fingernails...but thanks for asking

L.