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Oct 17, 2007 | 4:17 pm

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Originally Posted by nam

Oh I must have misunderstood. It seems like in all of the posts about Outback this is a normal occurance. Maybe I will try them after all. But if the server decides to make themselves comfy how do you let them know politely that you don't appreciate them joining you?

How about "W...T..F...? Who told you that you could sit down?" Just joking there!

My attitude on that would be that when we go to a restaurant, we are "renting" that space for a certain period of time. We are occupying that space, and no one has a right to enter that space, without our permission, during the time of our occupancy. How would you handle it if someone who you did not know walked into your house without your permission? How about if someone who you did not know started touching you?

At the very least, we would say "Excuse me!?!?!"

At the most we would say "You are trespassing and you must GTFON before I call the police!"

How you handle it between those two extremes depends on your personality and how badly you feel invaded I suppose. Does that seem fair?

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