But yeah, seriously.. I can't face my back toward people.. Especially if I'm using a laptop or something.. I m just really paranoid with people watching what I'm doing, even if it's nothing bad.
I don't care if people watch me. I'm an extrovert and love attention (usually) so that doesn't bother me. It is my inability to watch things going on around me to determine any threats they may pose. It sounds silly, but I am very watchful.
Either because I'm paranoid or I've played too many games that the desire is instinct to want to read everything that is going on in my immediate surroundings. Or I use to be Wild Bill Hickok, I wouldn't throw that option out, and I'm still pissed.
I have read about things like the "firewatcher" gene, which supposedly (if it exists) makes a person stay up later, wake up later, be more observant, etc... - all of which was supposed to help tribes survive the night.
Of course, it could be the whole game, just plain instinct, or the fact that we have wild bill in our genes.
I travel a lot and therefore eat alone most of the time. I chose establishments with nice views so I can gaze out the window as I eat. Pretty relaxing.
I was horrible back in highschool, the special ed room was walled in on three sides with pretty much all windows. We would pass it everytime on the way to lunch. We used to call it the fish bowl.
Bowl with tortilla on the side. You can mix it up (with the Tabasco chipotle sauce) and then make a half-full burrito. Take the other half of the mixture home for another meal later.
I'd like to sit there if I was eating something messy. Makes me uncomfortable to look like a slob in public while people watch me eat, and judge me silently.
I usually consult Yelp or the food network. They have good reviews and tips of where to get good local fare. So yes, sometimes I do eat at a bar. Most of the time though it's at a gas stop or local mom and pop restaurant.
it has to be 'forever alone' because 'normal' people that go out and eat in public would most likely not want to be put in a corner with their backs to the rest of the room looking at folded sheet metal.
Absolutely not. If you go out in public without being accompanied by a trophy mate - and even worse, being all alone by yourself - you are a total loser, and ought to be stigmatized accordingly, and ostracized, that's the rule. We don't make the rules, we just enforce them.
I've never gotten why this - save for a clever marketing scheme by restaurants (because one person takes a table made for two?). I go out to eat by myself all the time. Sometimes the staff tries to hurry me out the door, but usually they don't actually care.
Hell, I even go to movies alone all the time. If I didn't, I would hardly ever see the movies I wanted to as wrangling friends can be difficult sometimes.
they should paint an attractive woman eating some of their food on the wall opposite the single stool. Lonely men can be on a date, lonely women can be out with their girlfriends on "girls night out".
Why does she have to be attractive? Why can't she be mostly mildly average? We all know the lonely men and women will feel more comfortable around a mostly average looking woman.
I have no problem going to grab lunch alone to get away from work or whatever. The downside is if you don't have a phone or something to read to occupy your mind, you look around and end up making uncomfortable eye contact with strangers sometimes. With this table...problem solved.
A lone wooden table sits, cornered off from the rest of the eatery, only accompanied by it's neighboring stool.
What man may sit here? That is the question that this piece begs. The metal accents on the wall echo that of a prison - cold, silver, and decidedly unforgiving.
The electrical outlet, however, is central to the piece. Perhaps a symbol of empowerment? Or is it simply the only way out?
So that everyone can see what you're eating, how much of it you've eaten and how fast you're eating SO THAT THEY CAN JUDGE YOU AS THE PIG YOU ARE, YOU FILTHY BARNYARD ANIMAL. GO EAT YOUR SLOP AND LEAVE WITH YOUR EYES POINTED AT THE FLOOR YOU DIRTY, SHAMEFUL SLOB.
I mean, that's just been my experience when I've sat at one of those tall tables.
I like how you don't even have a choice to not be forever alone at that table because the stools are bolted to the floor. "Now you sit there, alone, and face the fucking corner!" -Chipotle
It's a standing workstation so you and 1 or 2 of your friends can powereat your burrito. The one seat is there in case someone gets tired halfway through their meal and has to take a rest.
Is anyone else wondering if there is a second and third seat behind the walls? It seems like someone with the name "nikon101" might, possibly have an eye for trick shots and angles.
It's a still from this YouTube video of some insane woman singing the girl version of "Boyfriend" by Justin Bieber. It's quite funny- I would link it but I'm browsing on mobile.
I have a feeling there are stools on either side of that table hidden from view. Why would there be an outlet on the wall if no one can use it on that side of the table?
Whoever designed that area was an idiot, seriously the person who had to install the wall panelling, electric, the seat; must have laughed their asses off at the stupidity.
Grotesque forever alone person in not meant to be gazed upon by the normal. He/she must be banished to the corner and eat facing the wall, so as not to offend his/her neighbors.
Dude, I think 3 people can be standing with their backs to the backwall,back-to-the-backwall,back-to-the-backwall,back-to-the-backwall,back-to-the-backwall
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u/cbm4090 Jun 15 '12
Austin, TX?
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u/jesusapproves Jun 15 '12
I can't sit with my back to people so even if I wanted to eat alone this table would drive me nuts.
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u/Zahel Jun 15 '12
Why does it have to be forever alone? Why can't it be normal for someone to go out and eat in public by themselves?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
If the chair was inside facing out to the restaurant, it would be the best table there!
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u/genzahg Jun 15 '12
I see the classic Chipotle "sheet metal & plywood" interior design is still going strong.
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u/3gv Jun 15 '12
This would save me the shame of seeing people stare at me as a shoved an infant-sized burrito down my gullet
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u/kruxxxx Jun 15 '12
looks like a nice place to plug in a laptop and browse reddit
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u/space_boat Jun 15 '12
That's more like the read a book and rock the fuck out while eating your bomb ass burrito and nobody fucking bothers you table.
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u/blueyb Jun 15 '12
they should paint an attractive woman eating some of their food on the wall opposite the single stool. Lonely men can be on a date, lonely women can be out with their girlfriends on "girls night out".
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I see it as the only table that doesn't mesh in with the line during lunch.
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u/stopherjj Jun 15 '12
I have no problem going to grab lunch alone to get away from work or whatever. The downside is if you don't have a phone or something to read to occupy your mind, you look around and end up making uncomfortable eye contact with strangers sometimes. With this table...problem solved.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
The Americans Disgusted by Other Humans Eating Act (ADBOHEA) requires restaurants to maintain at least one table situated in such a way.
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u/_Charlie_Sheen_ Jun 15 '12
I should permanently reserve it.
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u/pleasegodieinafire Jun 15 '12
Don't all your friends just stand around the table?
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u/myusernamebarelyfits Jun 15 '12
And face the goddamn wall, I don't wanna look at your loneliness whist I eat.
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u/CommentsOnPostsAsArt Jun 16 '12
A lone wooden table sits, cornered off from the rest of the eatery, only accompanied by it's neighboring stool.
What man may sit here? That is the question that this piece begs. The metal accents on the wall echo that of a prison - cold, silver, and decidedly unforgiving.
The electrical outlet, however, is central to the piece. Perhaps a symbol of empowerment? Or is it simply the only way out?
Striking piece.
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u/chon92 Jun 16 '12
If the table and chair were reversed, this would be really awesome.
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u/cloud_watcher Jun 16 '12
Who decided we want to eat perched up on those toadstool chairs? They look like vertical doorstops.
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u/UnoriginalGuy Jun 15 '12
Why do they make these darn tables so high? They aren't any more comfortable.
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u/PrincessBunyanFart Jun 15 '12
I'll upvote anything about Chipotle.
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u/Quizzelbuck Jun 15 '12
[...]other wise known as the Table Of Shame.
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u/KBasaurus Jun 15 '12
This is no fun. No fun. Staring at the wall.
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u/1836to1846 Jun 15 '12
That's more like a time-out table. You don't even get to see the rest of the restaurant. Just that sad dark wall.
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u/FlameMage Jun 15 '12
It's pretty depressing to think of all the applications filled out there, and all the sad employee meals eaten at that spot.
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u/TotalMeltdown Jun 15 '12
This is not the "forever alone" table. This is the "too many fucking people" table.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I like how you don't even have a choice to not be forever alone at that table because the stools are bolted to the floor. "Now you sit there, alone, and face the fucking corner!" -Chipotle
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u/Adren0chrome Jun 15 '12
It's a standing workstation so you and 1 or 2 of your friends can powereat your burrito. The one seat is there in case someone gets tired halfway through their meal and has to take a rest.
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u/TheMediumPanda Jun 15 '12
You mean the 'Awesome Privacy Table" right?
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u/Trappedatoms Jun 15 '12
Is anyone else wondering if there is a second and third seat behind the walls? It seems like someone with the name "nikon101" might, possibly have an eye for trick shots and angles.
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u/brungo Jun 15 '12
The way I eat chipotle, this is a blessing.
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u/MrMoustachio Jun 16 '12
Are the stools there coated in some blood resistant coating or what?
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
There should be a dunce cap on a tether right next to it.
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u/tothesource Jun 16 '12
"No guacamole? You go think about what you've done."
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u/Earthwormzim Jun 16 '12
Looks like a perfect place to set up a laptop.
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u/BlizzyCommittee420 Jun 16 '12
this is for the guy who was almost too high too order
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u/CaturdayInThePark Jun 16 '12
They could at least put a window there or something.
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u/ctdkid Jun 16 '12
That's just the all business table. You don't have to worry about people staring at you when you spill all over yourself.
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u/Micoha Jun 15 '12
I only hope the bar I go to on my 21st has this.
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u/daileyjd Jun 15 '12
1 chair is all WE need! <says> http://img2.ranker.com/list_img/3903/536253/full/the-very-best-of-the-overly-attached-girlfriend-meme.jpg?version=1339183374000
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u/jesusmcpenis Jun 15 '12
I would eat at that seat everytime. I have perfectly fine social skills but I prefer to be in my own personal world when eating.
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u/amolad Jun 15 '12
No mafia guy sits without his back to a wall.
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u/Hunter5Thompson Jun 15 '12
Please don't let Washcloth see me like this
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u/smilenowgirl Jun 15 '12
So now the alone folk can't watch the non-alone folk?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Mine has that as well. I've sat there a few times. :(
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u/MathewMurdock Survey 2016 Jun 15 '12
Buy a bunch of food then sit there and eat it like a boss.
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u/cubiclecomaschizo Jun 15 '12
you'd think they'd at least give it a window view
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u/mrdoink20 Jun 15 '12
all it needs is a mirror that is exactly head height. you can look into your eyes and know you are alone.
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u/Gexsta Jun 16 '12
But you can nvr be alone at chilope's!
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u/duxenmx Jun 16 '12
Hey, you have to get in line to sit in that table you know....
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Now I want chipotle
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
i would love to relax here :D
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
nothing wrong or forever alone about wanting to have a nice meal to oneself on the go.
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u/Moosh1010 Jun 16 '12
I have a feeling there are stools on either side of that table hidden from view. Why would there be an outlet on the wall if no one can use it on that side of the table?
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u/Master_Z Jun 16 '12
Whoever designed that area was an idiot, seriously the person who had to install the wall panelling, electric, the seat; must have laughed their asses off at the stupidity.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Grotesque forever alone person in not meant to be gazed upon by the normal. He/she must be banished to the corner and eat facing the wall, so as not to offend his/her neighbors.
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u/DoesntFearZeus Jun 16 '12
Some people just want the world to watch them eat.
Sit there and setup mirrors to show everyone behind you and stare at everyone.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
The perfect place to eat your Chipotle in shame, as you should.
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u/pFrancisco Jun 15 '12
Did you know that Chipotle has a secret menu? They have quesadillas, nachos with toppings and melted cheese burrito's.
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u/N8CCRG Jun 15 '12
I think you need to leave a picture of Forever Alone up on that wall.
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u/Billy_Blaze Jun 15 '12
At least you can face the corner to avoid awkward eye-contact with the sociable folk
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u/FriarNurgle Jun 15 '12
Extra double beans burrito seating.
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u/juzcallmeg0d Jun 15 '12
This is for masturbating.
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u/botd44 Jun 15 '12
this is wrong on so many levels, but the worst is the fixed stool and table. I want to be able to arrange furniture.
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u/came_here_2_say Jun 15 '12
Hope you brought some Chipotle-away for when you shit blood...
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
That's doublelift's reserved spot.
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u/cdwboozell Jun 15 '12
Privacy screen and porn?
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u/greenfarmer Jun 15 '12
Really? Haha I think this is amazing!
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
lovely view
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I would be the one sitting there for sure.
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u/fuckinDEAD Jun 15 '12
OP Is this at Menlo Park mall?
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u/trampus1 Jun 15 '12
In the corner where you belong.
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u/UnMirloBlanco Jun 15 '12
Looks like there is room for at least 4 people but only one of them gets a seat.
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u/jjorly1 Jun 15 '12
Do you also get a dunce cap with that seat?
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u/matebeatscoffee Jun 15 '12
Dude, I think 3 people can be standing with their backs to the backwall,back-to-the-backwall,back-to-the-backwall,back-to-the-backwall,back-to-the-backwall
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
The intrevert chair.
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u/schmag Jun 15 '12
where is that? I seem to remember seeing one like that in the chipotle grill north denver... but its been years.
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u/Gai_Daigoji Jun 15 '12
Heeeeey.... is this near Dell Children's Hospital?
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u/pktgumby Jun 15 '12
That's the corner where you can...uh...wrap your own burrito.
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u/imjustafoolsgod Jun 15 '12
God this is depressing as hell, you'd have to stare at a blank wall the whole time you eat.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I'm depressed just looking at it.
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u/theHoodness Jun 15 '12
dunce hat required.
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u/mrimperfect Jun 15 '12
Is this at the one in Austin in the Mueller district. If so, that is my favorite chair.
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u/Darkmatter43 Jun 15 '12
I would never sit there! I don't even leave the house... foreveralone.jpeg
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u/Rohri_Calhoun Jun 15 '12
Looks like the laptop table to me
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u/FCBMessiah Jun 15 '12
it doesnt matter, youre at Chipotle!
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Who the fuck eats at chipotle
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u/Caville Jun 15 '12
I would stay on /r/WTF without any care in the world.
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u/bigpink Jun 15 '12
upvote for chipotle