'They’re carrying on about how selfish I’m being': Entitled women demand cafe seating, but they messed with the wrong person

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Feb 19, 2023 11:00 AM EST

These entitled women have apparently never heard of coffee shop etiquette! 

U/InbhirNis shared this great tale of petty revenge, which all started at a cafe they frequent near their work. The OP writes that there is communal seating, so they scooted to the end of the table, and were just minding their business before a few women showed up. 

These women wanted to sit at the communal table, which the OP agreed to. But then the pair started demanding even more seating, and the OP's plan for the pettiest of revenges began. They took their sweet time eating this meal — wish we could see the looks on those women's faces when they realized the OP meant business. 

Check out the whole story below. Then, click here for a wild tale of 3 roommates who can't quite get along because of their strict schedules.

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    Font - r/pettyrevenge Posted by u/Inbhir Nis 3 3 57 No, I won't vacate my seat halfway through my meal when I was here first. n
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    Font - Petty revenge in progress: I've come to a cafe near my office for lunch, and the only space they had to sit was at the end of a communal table. No problem; I sat at the very end of the table, leaving three other spaces. I ordered my lunch and sat there minding my own business.
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    Font - A couple of women arrived soon after, and politely asked if they could sit at two of the free spaces next to me. No problem.
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    Font - Then, when I was just starting to eat my lunch, two other people arrived to join them. There was only one other free seat left, so what did they do? Yep, asked me to move somewhere else. The cafe is full, I'm in the middle of my meal, and I was here before any of them. I politely refused.
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    Font - Now they're carrying on about how selfish I'm being, taking up the entire communal table when I'm only one person. They're watching me eat, willing me to finish and leave. F 'em. Once I've finished eating, I'm going to order a coffee, linger over it, and then order a slice of cake.
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    Font - Sooner70 Should say something like, "Our relationship is transactional. You buy my lunch, and you can have the seat."
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    Rectangle - Homicidal__GoldFish 57 36 & 2 More When i was a server i had a guy sit in the last table available in my section. He was so nice and polite and totally understood me being crazy busy. he orders and just as i put his order in, this group of 2 walk in, pass the host cause they saw their friends in a booth which happen to be next to this guy. the friends were in my best friend's section.
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    Font - these two karens decided he had to leave because they wanted to be next to their friends "friends were a 4 top so the 2 girls were not gonna fit in the friend's booth and no way in h was i blocking the walk way by playing 2 d chairs at the end of the booth or even a table at the end of the booth for them.... thats a fire hazard!"
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    Font - Anyways, that ped me off so i told the 2 karens "im sorry but we are packed and we have a wait list, you need to go back up front and wait like everyone else" you would have think i made a field goal with their kitten with the look they gave me. the guy was gonna cancel and leave but i said no, Sir you stay where you are and take allIIIIIII the time you need. I made sure he stayed a while... I gave him a side salad.. so he had more to eat. When he finished, i gave him a dessert. My best f
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    Font - He knew what i was doing. He thought it was funny. He said he would pay for everything, but i told him " oh no...just pay for your meal you ordered... you are doing a HUGE favor for me by sitting here cause no way in H do i want them in my section! their friends surprisingly didnt have the guts to say anything. By the time those two got sat, "on the other side of the restaurant" the 4 top were leaving for their movie. the guy became my awesome regular. always tipped a lot as well.
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    Font - Botryllus Communal tables can be tricky. I was in Honolulu for a conference and my roommates went out to dinner. The hostess seated us at a communal table and shortly after seated another couple next to us. We weren't really paying attention to them but when the bill came their food was on our tab. We tried telling the server but she said she doesn't split checks. I get that policy for groups that are, you know, together and I was like yeah, you can put the four of us together but we don'
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    Font - CaptainofFTST As a former bartender I did this all the time. Rather have an older couple ordering Caesars and food then the high maintenance people trying to impress the room. I loved working everyday because it felt like I was coming home after school. All my regulars, who I introduced to one another or vice versa, great conversation and most of all friendships with a wide array of the community. It paid off because once I left I was able to find work in the field I studied for. Now my f
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    Font - Shawofthecrow Did the reverse once for a server. They said their shift was ending soon and asked my friends and I to hang out a few extra minutes till their relief got there. We agreed since I understand that and she gave us some cake to go when we closed out.
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    Font - Pegussu "Hey, boss, I'm going to be late. Someone told me to move in the middle of eating, so now I have to sit here for the next four hours." 1.4k Reply Share Inbhir Nis OP I did tell my manager exactly why I was late back from lunch, and she laughed. I have a good office environment, and as long as I get my work done they don't really care.
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    Font - zephen_just_zephen "order a coffee, linger over it, and then order a slice of cake." This is the way. How the holy f can people like that even look at themselves in the mirror and not see pieces of s? I mean, I can get asking, especially if they spot somewhere else you could sit, but to call you selfish is just asking for you to put your godda h feet up right on top of their plates.
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    Font - Victoria Euphoria 99 Pull out a tablet and do some work well into the next hour if possible Reply Share 251 Morkai plays 10 hour "crab rave" mix
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    Font - Lurk_Again Ooohhhh, pull out a book or the newspaper. Settle in for as long as they are there.
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    Font - SnooCauliflowers3851 This same thing happened to me at a company "picnic" where people were only supposed to bring1 or 2 immediatel family members. I brought my young son, found a spot for us, but there are a large number of people from a different culture that extended the invitation to their entire family. I and my young son sat at the very edge of the last table, surrounded by this family and a woman with a baby in a stroller, one employees seriously had 25+ family members, family get
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    Font - Broad_Respond_2205. Ah yes, the "you're talking up the entire space by take a fraction of the space. " Since it's a communal space, sucks for them.
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    Font - WetFifty You're being selfish only thinking of yourself. Why won't you think about MEEEE!
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