I ate dinner in the diner tonight on 49. I was on the 4920 car and was sent to the diner by the sca shortly before leaving Albany. I was traveling with one other person. We walked into the diner, and the LSA led us to a table that had a couple seated there. They were on each side of the table sitting by the aisle with stuff placed in the seats by the window. I thought they would slide over, leaving us aisle seats. Instead, they got up offering us window seats opposite of each other. Being rail fans, we happily obliged.
The couple was surprised, and they decided that they would come back at a later seating so they could sit by themselves. The lsa calmly and politely stated that that would be ok. There were no loud lectures about community seating. The lsa did not make us sit next to each other. We made sure to scoot over to signal that we would be glad to share the table.
I saw her name and remembered her from a previous trip. I greeted her but she didn't tember me which is fine. Then she told a waiter to leave us alone and not seat anybody with us.
I sure would never ask for preferential treatment on a crowded LSL diner, but this ended up being a great dinner.
The couple was surprised, and they decided that they would come back at a later seating so they could sit by themselves. The lsa calmly and politely stated that that would be ok. There were no loud lectures about community seating. The lsa did not make us sit next to each other. We made sure to scoot over to signal that we would be glad to share the table.
I saw her name and remembered her from a previous trip. I greeted her but she didn't tember me which is fine. Then she told a waiter to leave us alone and not seat anybody with us.
I sure would never ask for preferential treatment on a crowded LSL diner, but this ended up being a great dinner.