Persephone
11-07-2011, 04:03 AM
The museum's self-serve cafe was pretty packed when my spouse and I (en femme) arrived. We had all our food on one tray that I was holding and were looking for a place to sit.
I saw a table open up and told my spouse to head for it and that I would follow with the tray.
The seats were across from each other at a long community table. There were two guys sitting at the end seats, and some people leaving the next group of seats.
My spouse went around the back of the table so that it would be easier for me to put the tray down when I approached.
Just as my spouse was sitting down, two other women arrived and took the seat she had intended for me and an adjacent seat. I walked up before she could say anything.
As I approached, one of the two men on the end, apparently seeing that there was no seat for me, said, "You can have this seat, Ma'm."
I could see that he hadn't quite finished his lunch and I said, "Oh, thank you, but you haven't finished your lunch, we'll just get another chair from someplace."
He stood up and said, "No, it is the right thing for me to do."
He quickly moved his lunch and his jacket out of my way. Again, I said, "That is so sweet, but really, you don't have to."
"Oh, but I do," he said, "it is the right thing to do for a lady."
As I set my tray down he held the chair for me and politely tucked it under me as I sat down and said, "Thank you so much!."
He said "you are welcome," turned to his friend who was now seated across from me and said, "I'll meet you out in the courtyard."
His friend remained seated across from me, finished his lunch, and said, "Have a nice day Ma'm" as he left.
That thoughtful man really made my day!
Hugs,
Persephone.
I saw a table open up and told my spouse to head for it and that I would follow with the tray.
The seats were across from each other at a long community table. There were two guys sitting at the end seats, and some people leaving the next group of seats.
My spouse went around the back of the table so that it would be easier for me to put the tray down when I approached.
Just as my spouse was sitting down, two other women arrived and took the seat she had intended for me and an adjacent seat. I walked up before she could say anything.
As I approached, one of the two men on the end, apparently seeing that there was no seat for me, said, "You can have this seat, Ma'm."
I could see that he hadn't quite finished his lunch and I said, "Oh, thank you, but you haven't finished your lunch, we'll just get another chair from someplace."
He stood up and said, "No, it is the right thing for me to do."
He quickly moved his lunch and his jacket out of my way. Again, I said, "That is so sweet, but really, you don't have to."
"Oh, but I do," he said, "it is the right thing to do for a lady."
As I set my tray down he held the chair for me and politely tucked it under me as I sat down and said, "Thank you so much!."
He said "you are welcome," turned to his friend who was now seated across from me and said, "I'll meet you out in the courtyard."
His friend remained seated across from me, finished his lunch, and said, "Have a nice day Ma'm" as he left.
That thoughtful man really made my day!
Hugs,
Persephone.