So here I am, on a day trip by myself through Coastal California. I stop to eat at a nice restaurant. At 1 pm it's a bit empty.

I tell the hostess I'd like a table for one. And where in this empty restaurant does she seat me? Right next to a talkative couple, so close that I barely need to extend my arm to grab something from the man's plate!

This has happened to me several times before. As much as I try not to listen, the restaurant is so quiet and their voices so loud that I can't ignore it.

So I find the hostess and ask her to re-seat me, leting her know that I'd like to give the couple some privacy.

Wish they would have done this in the first place! It's a major pet peeve of mine...