Yesterday, we ventured to one of our favourite lunch spots called "The Lazy Loaf and Kettle". Always crowded, its best times are just before, or right after, lunch because it's near the University of Calgary and lots of students congregate there.
Spying a table in a row near the front, I grabbed it while B got the food. Sitting beside us at a table for four were two female students doing their homework. What had they ordered? One coffee each, which they had long drunk. The rest of the table was taken up by their books and laptops. They were there when we arrived and still there when we left. "How can you let these kids sit there for hours, take up space and order only one coffee?" I asked the manager. "I know, it's a problem," she replied. "We now shut down the WiFi from 10 to four everyday -- and they actually complain!" OMG! My mother would have been appalled.
What are parents not teaching their kids these days? The entitlement was breathtaking. To top it off, a middle-aged man came in, sat alone at a table for SIX, spread out a newspaper and only ordered one cookie! So, of a total of 12 available spots in that row for the place to make money, B and I were the only ones spending any.
The nerve of some people with their faces hanging out.
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