I’m Thinking This Was a Bad Idea

Today after Ray and I dropped Emma off at school we went to lunch at a local sushi restaurant.  It’s a very small place so the few tables are pretty close together.  About 20 seconds after we were seating it was very obvious that the two women seated behind Ray were in the middle of an argument.

And I’m not talking about a ‘my team is better than your team’ kind of argument, but I full on ‘we might hate each other’ or ‘our friendship is ending’ kind of argument.

It seemed as if maybe they worked together and were having issues doing that and not strangling one another.  One woman was clearly the one who felt wronged.  She had a laundry list of things that she deemed inexcusable offenses that were directed towards her by the other woman.  The other woman was alternating between requesting examples of these offenses and crying.  She was trying to be quiet, the other was not.

I felt so bad for her.

We considered asking to be sat somewhere else, but we didn’t really want to draw attention and then there’s the curiosity seeing how the whole thing turns out.

After awhile I wondered whose grand idea was this?  Obviously, their problems didn’t emerge at this restaurant.  They went out to lunch to discuss their issues and maybe come to some sort of resolution.  But was this really the way to do it?

Near the end of their lunch it seemed that they really didn’t work out their issues, but the complainer was reaching across the table to the crier and trying to comfort her so all was not lost.  After deciding they were finished the crying one bolted while the other paid the bill.  Once she paid the bill she stood up to leave.  And proceeded to zip up her pants and button them.

Thanks for the show.