IT ALL STARTED WITH THE WORD 'HELLO"
So i arrive at dinner at the prescribed time and as I'm arriving at the table, I noticed a 60ish year old Lady standing by my table and looking around the restaurant as if shes lost something. So being the cordial person that I am, I introduced myself to her and stood as well for a few minutes as she replied that she was waiting on the rest of her party (total of 4).
As we are waiting, I'm noticing 2 Women off on my left seated at the 8 top table and conversing like they are the only ones there at the table. Off on my right seated at the far corner of the table is a Guy.
We wait -
We wait
WE WAIT SOME MORE
WAIT SOME MORE..............................
then this Lady just ups and walks on over to the other side of the restaurant never to be seen nor hear from again.
Gotta admit, this stunt of hers left a little confused....
ok -
just what in the world did I DO??
i decided to make fun of the situation.....
I sniffed my breath - CHECK
I sniffed underneath each armpit =
CHECK
hmmmm.... OK NOT ME -
So, I introduced myself to the two Ladies and asked kindly if I could sit next to them (since the 8 top just got morphed into now a 4 top).
they said yes....
seemed a little annoyed that I interrupted them but said yes -
then they proceeded to go right back into their in depth convo -
I looked over at the Guy (now to my left) - he smiled and shrugged my shoulders.
So lets review -
i just sat down to an 8 top now 4 top with no one to talk to and vice versa and that Guy just to my left spoke very little English! (from Mexico)
Ok --- thats it!
I decided to make it a point to "liven up" shall we say quite a boring table over dinner -
(the food? YYYUUUMMM!!!!)
and by the end of the evening,
I got more enjoyment looking around the restaurant and checking out all the little nuances of the place -
very quaint restaurant.
And even when the Waitstaff brought out my dessert......
(yes, you can request that it be served with your dessert)
.....All I heard was the sounds of crickets -
Waitstaff thought it was ingenious to have it for dessert.
So.....
with that an another Margarita, I bid everyone at the table a fond adieu
high tailed it outta there -
told the head Waiter that I need to be rescued as i request to be seated at another table.
Told him why as well -
He understood completely -
Overall, this is turning out to be a pretty neat adventure -
even with boring tablemates who would IMO really should have requested a two top table cuz they sure seemed very anti-social.
But with me acting like this towards those two Women -
it turned out to be quite an dinner evening -
afterwards, chilled out out deck 11 for a bit with some French wine I brought onboard
then headed back to my room
gonna be quite a busy day -
T.T.F.N.
&
CHEERS Y'ALL