An interesting thread. I’ve often wondered how many other people were annoyed by this. My mother gets literally furious when they try to take her plate. I think for her, it’s that she feels rushed to leave. I never really gave it a second thought.
For me personally, what I’ve never understood is when they want to come around and fill up your half full iced tea. I mean, many people put sugar (or substitute of choice) and/or lemon into their tea. You work so hard to get it just right and BAM! they dump a bunch of new tea and ice in there to ruin it. Usually, they don’t even ask, they just pop in and pour. Then you’re back to putting more sugar in as it’s too bitter again.
