I enjoy lurking at bitterwaitress.net forums and one of the complaints that comes up alot amongst the servers is how many customers who walk in and choose to sit at the one dirty table instead of at any one of 5 clean tables. (Of course these are usually places with no host/hostess, but occasionally customers will blow past a hostess and do this too.)

It apparently happens so frequently, that they report that if the place is dead empty and a customer walks in, they can bet $100 the customer will choose the dirty table - and win!

This totally blows me away. I would never sit at a dirty table when a clean one was available (unless the hostess puts me there - I'm hopelessly obedient). In fact, I remember many times dining with friends, family, and coworkers we'd walk up to a table find it dirty and then select a clean one. So I'm curious what others' experiences are. When you have the opportunity to choose your own table, do you pick the dirty one? Why?