I agree that it is rude, especially cutting in the line! It wouldn't have been out of line for you to either politely ask the person if they wouldn't mind you sitting down at their table so you could eat the food you ordered, or for you to point out this kind of behavior to the staff. If they're losing paying customers over it and enough people complain, they may create a policy to deal with these people. My friends usually approach the booth-hogging laptop users at Diesel and ask if they don't mind sharing. If you're sitting quietly and reading the paper or something while you have your food/drink, they have no reason to say no.
I don't think it's wrong to bring a book or a laptop to the cafe if you're going to also be ordering food and drinks there (I often do this on my lunch hour at several cafes near where I work), but it is a little ridiculous how people will camp out for hours in a place that's packed to capacity.
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Date: 2007-10-14 03:41 pm (UTC)I don't think it's wrong to bring a book or a laptop to the cafe if you're going to also be ordering food and drinks there (I often do this on my lunch hour at several cafes near where I work), but it is a little ridiculous how people will camp out for hours in a place that's packed to capacity.