I was pleasantly surprised that so many Mancouch readers have
imaginary yet incredibly elaborate fight scenes in your mind.
Here's something else I do: at restaurants, I always sit with my back against a wall... and check the entrances and exits for people trying to kill me. It must work, because so far nobody has successfully assassinated me.
Here's the conflict though: whenever I go to a restaurant on a date, I always give my date the better seat (damn chivalry). I then feel incredibly exposed, because this would be a great time for an assassin to sneak in and kill me. To counter this, I often try to pick a table facing a mirror... so I can still occasionally scan the room and monitor entrances and exits.
Perfectly normal right? We all do this... don't we? *nervous laughter*
Seriously though: when you go to a restaurant on a date, do you give your date the better seat... or do you sit with your back against the wall?
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Seeing as how I don't go on dates, I can't say yes or no.
Dates are a waste of time.
Well the girl shouldn''t really be leaving the kitchen and im sure an assassin wouldn't wanna mess up my kitchen so I'll let the girl sit wherever she wants. (next to the oven preferably I like me some nice baked cookies after a long day of crime fighting and dinosaur hunting) :3
this is similar to my 'walking across the street' scenarios...
Whenever I walk across a busy street I HAVE to walk with a large group of strangers. And i walk behind them...so if a random car comes along I might be spared
:P
I rarely worry about being assassinated, not because I don't have enemies, but because my secret service at the next table can watch out for me.
My dad is like that though. If the family gets together and we go out to eat, he absolutely cannot sit without his back to the wall. He must have full vision of the restaurant or we'll have to be reseated.
Heh. When I go out to eat, I don't worry about being assassinated at all; it's the rest of you who are worrying about me. >:{D
I take the better seat, that way I can keep an eye out for both of us and she doesn't have to worry about it. (now that is chivalry)
What counts as a better seat?
@RedheadAblaze@xanga - The one with the back against the wall.
@kyleberg29@xanga - Ah. It never matters to me, so long as people aren't running into me or stepping on me. A seat's a seat.
What if it's the girl that's trying to assassinate you? While you're being paranoid and checking the entrances for potential assassins, the date slips some arsenic in your drink!
Or the bartender poisons you. Or there's a bomb in the ceiling. Or in the briefcase that suspicious suit is carrying. Or the waiter decides to go on a homicidal rampage because a bunch of repliers on datingish told his girlfriend to break up with him...
Or you have a anxiety-induced heart attack from being so paranoid.
Any way, you lose... Best bet is to enjoy your last meal... Hahaha...
That was a very roundabout way to ask that question.
When I go to a restaurant I don't worry about getting assasinated; I worry about whether or not the food will give me gas for the rest of the date. lol
:D
I give my date the better sit.
I give my date the better seat. Between the communications van parked outside, the counter-sniper team on the opposite rooftop, and the two undercover operatives disguised as busboys, I can feel somewhat safe. The Agency always keeps me in the loop.
Personally I find planning an escape route and keeping a concealed weapon (I always keep one hidden on the underside of my salad plate) more important than good vision.
I just never appear (visibly) in public and send a decoy instead.
@noree_n@xanga - You do that too?
But seriously, what did you do that would make someone want to assassinate you?
i get nervous when i'm not sitting with my back on the wall, especially if there's someone sitting behind me or if a waiter is constantly walking behind me. though i don't like sitting with my back to a window either. in that case, i'll sit away from the window. (A window would be more dangerous to sit with your back to. the flying shards of glass and such)
i always have to talk on the away from the street when i walk with my man... if something happens he gets the first hit and hopefully cushion my hit. he doesn't agree with my reasoning =/
I never even thought about this.
If someone wants to kill me in a restaurant, they won't bother with the whole shooting scene. That is way too obvious and predictable. They will either try and poison me or use one of those spitting needle thingies that will knock me out and I will drown in my soup. And knowing my luck? It will be my date who will do it...
I let my date pick first seat lol. I always look around for kidnappers in the middle of the night. And i have successfully dodged all of them :3