I went out to coffee this morning. There were six of us and, wanting to try
somewhere different, we went to a local pub which is famous for its Christmas
decorations. We arranged to meet at 11am
and after waiting out in the rain for 10 minutes for the pub to open the doors
we entered a veritable grotto with walls and ceilings literally covered
with gold, silver, red and green tinsel and sparkling garlands ....... and the coffee was pretty good too!
There’s something special about morning coffee, I’d much
rather go to coffee with friends than go out to dinner; talking and eating is
something of a skill that I haven’t quite acquired– I enjoy my food too much to
let it go cold while holding a conversation.
Anyway, we were still there an hour later, deep in
conversation. Apart from our group there
was one other table occupied by a small party, but that wasn’t good enough
apparently. As the waitress cleared the tables she asked if we would be
ordering a meal, and when we said no, she replied that if we weren’t planning to
order they would need the table. We all
left, leaving a totally empty pub behind us! I wonder if they had the lunchtime rush they were obviously expecting?
