Hm. I don't mind being approached by a salesperson once. If he or she doesn't go away when I say I'm just browsing, or if I'm approached again (without actively looking for someone to answer a question), I get annoyed. I'm not usually in stores that are upscale enough to have wandering helpful employees, though.
I had some trouble with the waiters on the cruise, because they were there ALL. THE. TIME. FOR. DAYS. But usually I don't get chatty types, and the length of a standard meal isn't enough for me to start getting annoyed at someone who's just keeping an eye out to fill water glasses and things. (Though if the waiter is just standing somewhere watching the water glasses, that starts to bother me; back and forth waiting other tables or doing things in the kitchen like is more usual doesn't.)
Do you mostly get talkative waiters when you're eating alone? I usually bring a book when I'm doing that; maybe they figure I'm busy. (Though I hardly ever eat out alone, so it could just be I've happened to run into quiet or busy waiters.)
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Date: 2008-12-19 05:34 am (UTC)I had some trouble with the waiters on the cruise, because they were there ALL. THE. TIME. FOR. DAYS. But usually I don't get chatty types, and the length of a standard meal isn't enough for me to start getting annoyed at someone who's just keeping an eye out to fill water glasses and things. (Though if the waiter is just standing somewhere watching the water glasses, that starts to bother me; back and forth waiting other tables or doing things in the kitchen like is more usual doesn't.)
Do you mostly get talkative waiters when you're eating alone? I usually bring a book when I'm doing that; maybe they figure I'm busy. (Though I hardly ever eat out alone, so it could just be I've happened to run into quiet or busy waiters.)