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07 April 2006

Question - When getting up from your table in a restaurant, do you turn your backside or your frontside towards the party in the table next to you? Explain.

post by: Hellbient at: 10:07 | 20 comments

It totally depends on how the restaurant is set up, but usually they get to see my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 07 April | 10:13

Like when you squeeze between two tables? I always turn my backside towards the neighbouring table, and frontside towards the table that I'm vacating. I'm not sure why.

posted by cmonkey 07 April | 10:13

Yeah, when you are squeezing between two tables.

posted by Hellbient 07 April | 10:19

Table-shove.

posted by mcgraw 07 April | 10:23

I always turn my frontside toward them. It seems more respectful than shoving my booty in their face.

posted by go dog go 07 April | 10:27

depends whether I had Mexican food or not

posted by poppo 07 April | 10:32

Yeah, for some reason I'd rather not shove my badunkadunk in their face.

posted by Lola_G 07 April | 10:35

Fanny out.

Whichever fanny you fancy, of course.

posted by PinkStainlessTail 07 April | 10:36

I give 'em my tush. Not sure why.

posted by dame 07 April | 10:43

Hmmm, I'm trying to think of what I do when I go past people already in their seats at the theatre ....

::imagines herself at the theatre at a hit Broadway show, uh oh, people already in the row, excuse me excuse me, and I turn....::

Huh, I think give them my front and not my back.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 07 April | 10:44

I never thought about it! Usually I face the side that's less crowded.

posted by sisterhavana 07 April | 10:44

I show them my huge anus.

posted by Hugh Janus 07 April | 10:51

I don't go to resturants that require me to squeeze between tables.
/snob.

posted by dabitch 07 April | 10:54

The table next to me usually gets to view my sweet ass.

posted by jrossi4r 07 April | 10:57

I think I swivel out of my seat somewhat in those circumstances, so I probably show them my baboon butt.

posted by me3dia 07 April | 10:57

dame: I give 'em my tush. Not sure why.

To win new friends*?

not snide; total admiration!

If there's so little room between tables, then it's going to be really awkward to turn yourself around in order not to buttslide by the table behind you... in fact, so much so that it would basically be much more disruptive than just standing up and doing the sidestep-out thing. Plus, if you are just going to the bathroom or the phone, it would mean buttflashing the people at your own table. So... I'd say, "the butt, Bob."

posted by taz 07 April | 11:12

Now that I think about it, it probably has something to do with presenting my ass, like a bonobo.

posted by cmonkey 07 April | 11:18

Aw, thanks taz.

You know, now that I think about it, I haven't seen that picture of my mecha tush in ages. Too bad I'm at work.

posted by dame 07 April | 11:41

hellbient - why do you ask? Is there a raging controversy about this in your life?

posted by rainbaby 07 April | 12:42

I think about it everytime I have to do it. I never know which way to go, so I think I do either every other time. If I were to go by this thread, I'd have to say "buttside", but it was mostly ladies commenting here, so, I'm not sure what to make of that...the controversy continues...

posted by Hellbient 07 April | 14:59

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