Recently I walked over to a mall to
have some lunch. I decided that having lunch at 11:30 was probably a
good idea to avoid some of the business people that also want to eat
in the same food court. Well, I was frustrated with what I saw
upon my arrival.
It looked like there were a
couple of meetings being held in the food court. One was a group of
ladies and the other group which was rather large were a group of
mean. Well, it wasn't really a meeting, but rather a gathering of
friends/people. So here it is just before lunch and there were
approximately 20 men sitting and taking up 28 seats and only a few of
them had coffee cups in front of them. I know some of the coffee
cups were empty because one of the men knocked his over and nothing
came out. A bunch of the other men never lifted their cups to drip
their coffee during the time I sat and ate my lunch.
The ladies at least were only taking 8
seats for the 8 of them, which was nice. On the other side of me were
3 men sitting at a table for 4 which was no problem but was
frustrating was there were using another table for 4 to hold their 2
bags of groceries and their empty coffee cups. Yes, they had finished
whatever they had and were just sitting and talking. By this time,
people were looking for tables so that they could eat the lunch that
they purchased in the food court, but there weren't too many available
tables.
I finished my lunch and headed off, so
it was almost noon by the time I left the food court by the men were
still sitting at the tables with their empty coffee cups. It really
bothers me that people can sit in a food court at lunchtime taking
tables when they either purchased something a couple of hours ago or
haven't purchased anything from the food court. I am not sure how
this food court actually survives because of the lack of food
purchased as the different vendors.
The other issue is that this
food court is near a school, so parents pick up their kids from school
and walk over to the mall and let their kids eat in the food court.
I don't see anything wrong letting them eat in the food court, but
what does bother me is they are not eating food purchased in the food
court but food that the parent has brought from home. This school is
within about a 10-minute walk for all the kids that attend it, so why
can't the parents take the kids home and let them eat their lunch
where it was made.
After I finished the rest of my
shopping in the mall, which wasn't a lot, I walked back by the food
court. You guessed it, all the men were still sitting at the
tables with their empty cups. So, it really doesn't matter if you
complain to the malls because it doesn't seem to help. If the people
sitting in the food court know the cleaning staff or security, there
is nothing done, but if you are a stranger, they encourage you to move
on.
Food courts are to be used for eating
meals that are purchased there, and please be considerate about how
long you spend at a table. There are others who also want to
purchase something and enjoy it.
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