going out to eat and seating - Page 3

SMiller · February 24, 2009, 12:35 PM

You talk about how parinoid we are, I ate at Famous Daves bbq the other day, 1 day latter I watch the news and a armed gun man came in a robbed the place. I like to have my back to the wall as well, but I will never give up the booth, way to comfortable!

ATW525 · February 24, 2009, 12:40 PM

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You talk about how parinoid we are, I ate at Famous Daves bbq the other day, 1 day latter I watch the news and a armed gun man came in a robbed the place.

How many people got killed during incident because they were sitting in the wrong seat?

spacemanspiff · February 24, 2009, 12:57 PM

Is it considered bad form to eat from the plate of the guy who just got shot at a restaurant? I mean, no sense letting good food go to waste, right?

Wildalaska · February 24, 2009, 01:18 PM

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Is it considered bad form to eat from the plate of the guy who just got shot at a restaurant? I mean, no sense letting good food go to waste, right?

Come over and clean my screen fat man, its got half a Mocha Breve on it and my beard looks like I dipped my face in chocolate pudding

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Wildpostoftheyear!Alaska ™

Huey Long · February 24, 2009, 01:19 PM

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Is it considered bad form to eat from the plate of the guy who just got shot at a restaurant? I mean, no sense letting good food go to waste, right?

This is precisely why I carry needle-nose pliers right next to my carry piece. If anyone gets shot and killed, they're sure not going to be needing any dental gold.

Wildalaska · February 24, 2009, 01:23 PM

You guys are macabre.....

Hey what if its a super model that gets shot...

Or Rosie

WildforgetitjustrhetoricalinthehopesthemodspressthebuttonAlaska

Stevie-Ray · February 24, 2009, 02:42 PM

I try to be able to keep an eye on the door, doesn't always work as my totally oblivious wife just has to get in from the right. Ticks me off in some places more than others. I like to be where I can best cover her, but right leg in first will always be most important to her.

ElectricHellfire · February 24, 2009, 04:20 PM

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Is it considered bad form to eat from the plate of the guy who just got shot at a restaurant? I mean, no sense letting good food go to waste, right?

LOL. Its ok, just don't eat the Marinara and don't double dip.

IBTL

hoytinak · February 24, 2009, 04:56 PM

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Is it considered bad form to eat from the plate of the guy who just got shot at a restaurant? I mean, no sense letting good food go to waste, right?

Thanks, I needed that today......that would make sig line of the year.

koolminx · February 24, 2009, 06:45 PM

This thread is Wonderful!

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koolminx - It may be much harder for you to understand that priority #1 is to survive, even if that means not engaging. But then, most of us don't have the advantage of exuding an aura of badness that will make Chuck Norris and Vin Diesel belly crawl out the back door when we walk in either.

That's true, most of us don't... I do

That was funny as hell, thanks!

I fully understood what you wrote to me that I left out of the quotes but you probably already know that

-K

MrNiceGuy · February 24, 2009, 07:02 PM

When i go out to eat, i'm mostly concerned about getting a window seat with a view of my car.

I'm concerned with comfortable seating, not so much with tactical seating.

chris in va · February 24, 2009, 07:13 PM

Ha. Tactical Seating.

Please...please...someone photoshop a chair with 'accessories'.

curt.45 · February 24, 2009, 07:19 PM

I practice eating while shooting and drinking while reloading.

and you better be sure I'm dead before you go after my food.

I do tend to sit facing the door, but not necessarily in a booth or gun to the wall or back to the wall

mrt949 · February 24, 2009, 07:23 PM

Always facing the door.

RedneckFur · February 24, 2009, 07:33 PM

Somtimes when I go to a resturant, I dont even bring my CCW. I'll even have a beer and relax. I like to take a seat that gives me a nice view of the resturant, or perhaps a window.

armedandsafe · February 24, 2009, 07:40 PM

I prefer to sit where I can see the door.

I had a friend who also wanted to sit so he could see the door. Since he didn't carry, and didn't know I did, that got interesting.

I found a small Greek restaurant, ralroad car style, with a counter on one side and 5 or 6 two seat tables along the oposite wall. I called my friend, gave him the address and offered to buy lunch. I waited in the back parking lot until I saw him drive up and park in front.

I walked in the back door as he walked in the front door, facing each other. The look on his face was priceless.

Pops

DaveBeal · February 24, 2009, 08:39 PM

I sit facing the TV. Always.

Milspec · February 24, 2009, 09:04 PM

My wife picks the table and I sit where she tells me...don't want to get caught in the cross-fire when she starts shooting...

Milspec

jrothWA · February 25, 2009, 12:04 AM

WIdl BIll Hickok, the "dead man's hand" of Aces & Eight (all black).

Shot from behind while playing poker in Deadwood, S.D.

Most MP/SP are taught to sit facing the door, with a solid barrier behind them.

Firepower! · February 25, 2009, 03:24 AM

What if the resturant has metal detectors?

I guess putting gun in a condom as suggested here wont work there.

NRAhab · February 25, 2009, 08:17 AM

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WIdl BIll Hickok, the "dead man's hand" of Aces & Eight (all black).

Shot from behind while playing poker in Deadwood, S.D.

It's probably a solid historical bet that if Wild Bill hadn't been stone drunk at the time of his murder, he probably would have been a little bit more aware of ol' Jack McCall coming to blast him.

ltcdoty · February 25, 2009, 08:33 AM

Meals on Wheels.........................never go out...now I'm too afraid...

Glenn E. Meyer · February 25, 2009, 10:18 AM

So do you have a gun in your hand when the Pizza guy delivers. After all, the pizza guy might have been jacked and the pizza used as a ploy to get you to open the door?

grymster2007 · February 25, 2009, 10:23 AM

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So do you have a gun in your hand when the Pizza guy delivers.

No, but one more crappy pizza out of the local joint and I'm gonna start.

orchidhunter · February 25, 2009, 10:31 AM

Paranoid individuals constantly suspect the motives of those around them, and that people in general, are "out to get them." Help can be had for this. orchidhunter

February 24, 2009, 12:57 PM	#53
spacemanspiff Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2002 Location: alaska Posts: 3,498	Is it considered bad form to eat from the plate of the guy who just got shot at a restaurant? I mean, no sense letting good food go to waste, right? __________________ "Every man alone is sincere; at the entrance of a second person hypocrisy begins." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." - Soren Kierkegaard

February 24, 2009, 02:42 PM	#57
Stevie-Ray Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: The shores of Lake Huron Posts: 4,783	I try to be able to keep an eye on the door, doesn't always work as my totally oblivious wife just has to get in from the right. Ticks me off in some places more than others. I like to be where I can best cover her, but right leg in first will always be most important to her. __________________ Stevie-Ray Join the NRA/ILA I am the weapon; my gun is a tool. It's regrettable that with some people those descriptors are reversed.

February 24, 2009, 07:23 PM	#64
mrt949 Senior Member Join Date: November 16, 2008 Posts: 1,692	Always facing the door. __________________ No Gun Big Or Small Does It All

February 24, 2009, 07:33 PM	#65
RedneckFur Senior Member Join Date: January 14, 2007 Location: Central NC Posts: 1,424	Somtimes when I go to a resturant, I dont even bring my CCW. I'll even have a beer and relax. I like to take a seat that gives me a nice view of the resturant, or perhaps a window. __________________ In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. -George Orwell

February 24, 2009, 07:40 PM	#66
armedandsafe Senior Member Join Date: January 9, 2005 Location: Moses Lake WA Posts: 1,001	I prefer to sit where I can see the door. I had a friend who also wanted to sit so he could see the door. Since he didn't carry, and didn't know I did, that got interesting. I found a small Greek restaurant, ralroad car style, with a counter on one side and 5 or 6 two seat tables along the oposite wall. I called my friend, gave him the address and offered to buy lunch. I waited in the back parking lot until I saw him drive up and park in front. I walked in the back door as he walked in the front door, facing each other. The look on his face was priceless. Pops __________________ Armed and Safe: Not just a theory If it time to bury them, it is time to dig them up. Remember, "Behind every blade of grass."

February 24, 2009, 12:35 PM	#51
SMiller Member Join Date: January 29, 2007 Posts: 71	You talk about how parinoid we are, I ate at Famous Daves bbq the other day, 1 day latter I watch the news and a armed gun man came in a robbed the place. I like to have my back to the wall as well, but I will never give up the booth, way to comfortable!

February 24, 2009, 01:23 PM	#56
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,172	You guys are macabre..... Hey what if its a super model that gets shot... Or Rosie WildforgetitjustrhetoricalinthehopesthemodspressthebuttonAlaska

February 24, 2009, 07:02 PM	#61
MrNiceGuy Junior member Join Date: August 16, 2008 Posts: 919	When i go out to eat, i'm mostly concerned about getting a window seat with a view of my car. I'm concerned with comfortable seating, not so much with tactical seating.

February 24, 2009, 07:13 PM	#62
chris in va Senior Member Join Date: December 26, 2004 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 13,806	Ha. Tactical Seating. Please...please...someone photoshop a chair with 'accessories'.

February 24, 2009, 07:19 PM	#63
curt.45 Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 2008 Location: Fort Wayne Ind. Posts: 866	I practice eating while shooting and drinking while reloading. and you better be sure I'm dead before you go after my food. I do tend to sit facing the door, but not necessarily in a booth or gun to the wall or back to the wall

February 24, 2009, 08:39 PM	#67
DaveBeal Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 158	I sit facing the TV. Always. __________________ America has plenty of problems. Don't be a single-issue voter.

February 24, 2009, 09:04 PM	#68
Milspec Senior Member Join Date: July 19, 2008 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 117	My wife picks the table and I sit where she tells me...don't want to get caught in the cross-fire when she starts shooting... Milspec __________________ "...there is no second place winner in a gunfight." Colonel Bill Jordan

February 25, 2009, 12:04 AM	#69
jrothWA Senior Member Join Date: November 11, 2006 Posts: 2,519	Remenber the lasting momento of... WIdl BIll Hickok, the "dead man's hand" of Aces & Eight (all black). Shot from behind while playing poker in Deadwood, S.D. Most MP/SP are taught to sit facing the door, with a solid barrier behind them.

February 25, 2009, 03:24 AM	#70
Firepower! Senior Member Join Date: February 3, 2008 Posts: 2,109	What if the resturant has metal detectors? I guess putting gun in a condom as suggested here wont work there.

February 25, 2009, 08:33 AM	#72
ltcdoty Member Join Date: January 3, 2008 Posts: 34	Meals on Wheels.........................never go out...now I'm too afraid...

February 25, 2009, 10:18 AM	#73
Glenn E. Meyer Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2000 Posts: 20,064	So do you have a gun in your hand when the Pizza guy delivers. After all, the pizza guy might have been jacked and the pizza used as a ploy to get you to open the door? __________________ NRA, TSRA, IDPA, NTI, Polite Soc. - Aux Armes, Citoyens

February 25, 2009, 10:31 AM	#75
orchidhunter Junior member Join Date: December 1, 2008 Posts: 320	Paranoid individuals constantly suspect the motives of those around them, and that people in general, are "out to get them." Help can be had for this. orchidhunter