Sun 2008/05/25 00:34
When you go into a Japanese place for food and ask for a table for two, if they show you to a table like this then its not because they are trying to be funny. Does a table for two get this small in your region?
Posted on Sun 2008/05/25 00:34 by
sometimes yes, but fortunately not always.
(ID #195950) Posted on 2008/05/25 00:32
Same thing here.
(ID #196764) Posted on 2008/05/26 00:26
Whoa. This is like encouraging people to order less. It is too small for my comfort.
(ID #195951) Posted on 2008/05/25 00:33
Maybe because the price of one order is a price of two already.
(ID #239581) Posted on 2008/07/16 20:41
Super-Duper Student
It can get like this, but not at fast food places.
(ID #195952) Posted on 2008/05/25 00:34
nanu (登録日: 2007/12/28 22:28)
After seeing efficient train booking, this looks rather tame. Is the table for one, a chair? Food trays in the U.S. have shrunk some, as a response to the SUPERSIZE trend of the ’90s.
(ID #195957) Posted on 2008/05/25 00:39
Is it even possible for someone of a 6ft stature to sit under something like that? Especially with someone sat on the other side.
(ID #195961) Posted on 2008/05/25 00:42
It's possible, just not comfortable (personal experience). A lot of the restaurants around here have tables for "two" that look like that.
(ID #196195) Posted on 2008/05/25 05:52
Normally you get at least a table with twice the diagonal of that table, but however if you're in a cafe or something like that you will get a table with a similar size...
(ID #195962) Posted on 2008/05/25 00:43
No way, with a lots of over weight people and lawyers. The restaurant may get sue.
(ID #195963) Posted on 2008/05/25 00:44
HMMaster (登録日: 2007/09/04 00:28)
I think this is common in my country...
(ID #195968) Posted on 2008/05/25 00:45
Same here. the tiny table sometimes exist though.... but only in a tiny restaurant too :D
(ID #196148) Posted on 2008/05/25 04:07
Same here for the UK. Difficult to find space for the condiments!
(ID #196714) Posted on 2008/05/25 23:40
Student and full-time otaku
Never been in a position to require it (sob), but no, I think they're somewhat bigger over here. Then again, the Japanese are small...
(ID #195969) Posted on 2008/05/25 00:46
At least you and the one you are going out with gets to be close to each other :P
(ID #195974) Posted on 2008/05/25 00:51
Only seen a few places with such small desks. Fortunately there are more with bigger desks.
(ID #195975) Posted on 2008/05/25 00:54
Hmm, most places here don't have such small tables. I think I'm going to have difficulties sitting there 'cause I'm almost 2 metres tall... (... thinking of that song "big in Japan" right now)
(ID #195983) Posted on 2008/05/25 01:01
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
Oh yes, the table for 2 in my uni's cafeteria is just about as small.
(ID #195986) Posted on 2008/05/25 01:03
pretty common in Chinese restaurants imo
(ID #195987) Posted on 2008/05/25 01:03
yup in my area the tables are small but have longer length, not square in shape. some can be this small though but circular and seat three to four :S
(ID #195990) Posted on 2008/05/25 01:06
nah not really u say "table 4 2" & they take u 2 a table for 5 XDD
(ID #195995) Posted on 2008/05/25 01:11
I guess a table for 2 would be around that size rather often...never enough space.
(ID #195999) Posted on 2008/05/25 01:15
lol Danny do you always carry a figure with you? I don't think Haruhi like being in your pocket all the time.
(ID #196027) Posted on 2008/05/25 02:00
I've seen tables that size for two. Usually they are slightly larger here in a restaurant for a table for two, but definitely in coffee shops or what-have-you, the tables are about that size.
(ID #196045) Posted on 2008/05/25 02:15
Public Relations / Marketing Manager
If that table was at a coffee shop or something where the food was going to be light, then I don't see anything wrong with it. But if it's an actual restaurant where the both of you would be eating dinner, then I think things could get kind of tight with that amount of space. As long as the waiter/waitress is always on top of you, making sure to clear everything up as soon as it's done, then it possibly could be doable.
(ID #196048) Posted on 2008/05/25 02:17
radical anime fan in Singapore; starting to freeze up. Mmm, end-of-year weather. (登録日: 2007/01/25 22:08)
Polytechnic Freshman. Mmm... fresh.
Table for two is not as small in Singapore. This is practically asking the two who asked for the table to eat from each other's plates kissing-contest style...
(ID #196069) Posted on 2008/05/25 02:33
Chef, Full fledged Otaku, Full time Observer.....
*flash back* disneys lady and the tramp...
(ID #196142) Posted on 2008/05/25 03:54
radical anime fan in Singapore; starting to freeze up. Mmm, end-of-year weather. (登録日: 2007/01/25 22:08)
Polytechnic Freshman. Mmm... fresh.
LOL!
(ID #196880) Posted on 2008/05/26 02:55
Yeah, I've seen some like that. It makes everything a lot more... friendly.
(ID #196101) Posted on 2008/05/25 02:53
That's not a table 4 twooooo....... That's a table 4 me,myself,and I..... in my region the wide and long,around 1,5-2 times from the pict...
(ID #196110) Posted on 2008/05/25 03:12
It gets funnier when you ask for a table for 4 and they push two of those tables together... *facepalm*
(ID #196124) Posted on 2008/05/25 03:30
Well, you know in the united states, everything is bigger. :)
(ID #196132) Posted on 2008/05/25 03:37
Mind Navigator
*looks down his trousers* I regretfully disagree.
(ID #196488) Posted on 2008/05/25 15:12
Hahaha that's the size of my desk at school.
(ID #196145) Posted on 2008/05/25 03:58
Hmm, this isn't that unusual around here in the states. You can usually find these size tables in fast food restaurants.
(ID #196181) Posted on 2008/05/25 05:31
student, webmaster
Depends where I go. In most restaurants, I can manage to fit four folks to a table. The smallest tables I have seen were at bread shops.
(ID #196182) Posted on 2008/05/25 05:31
Computer Science Student
Well, in some places yes, but normally the tables are a bit bigger o.o
(ID #196202) Posted on 2008/05/25 06:00
Upstair ...addicted to anything related to chibi
So small.....but saves trees
(ID #196223) Posted on 2008/05/25 06:38
Software Quality Engineer
Seems perfectly fine to me! But no-- no tables like that here in Chicago. Those would never accommodate all the *ahem* "large" people and their insanely massive, heart-attack-sized meals.
(ID #196234) Posted on 2008/05/25 07:02
Software Quality Engineer
Hey-- that's MosBurger isnt it?? I think I recognise the receipts. Mmmmm. I love those rice burgers and cold o-cha drinks.
(ID #196235) Posted on 2008/05/25 07:04
I'm sure they can use one huge plate for the both of them....
(ID #196265) Posted on 2008/05/25 07:57
I've had desks attached to chairs that are bigger than that table! "Table for one please."
(ID #196270) Posted on 2008/05/25 08:05
All the places for eating in Japan have tables of that size?
(ID #196283) Posted on 2008/05/25 08:41
McD's tables here are a teeny bit biguer here. Other than that, they tend to be bigger
(ID #196294) Posted on 2008/05/25 09:06
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Sometimes yeah... in my hometown there's this place that serves natural and light food only. It was in a small place, but became so popular they had to get smaller tables to fit more people. The restaurant has nowhere to grow...
(ID #196296) Posted on 2008/05/25 09:09
tables are pretty big here in general. we got a lot of fat people here.
(ID #196353) Posted on 2008/05/25 11:01
Wannabe Designer
Yeah, that's about the same size as a "table for two" here. Though more for some cafes or a fast food joint/food court; at a resturaunt you could expect something a bit bigger. Assumably the designers of Japanese tables work off resonably the same anthropometric data as anywhere else... unless they want to spend time and money getting the stuff together for a Japanese specific market. Personally I'm more a fan of cafe communal seating where you have one large table, usually with miss-matched chairs. You just pull up a seat and hang with a bunch of total strangers.
(ID #196361) Posted on 2008/05/25 11:21
Part human, part student, 100% loser
LOL that's small...
(ID #196466) Posted on 2008/05/25 14:33
Well, it depends on what kinda restaurant you go to. Most restaurants here have tables around that size
(ID #196480) Posted on 2008/05/25 15:02
Student Engineer
um... very very rarely. I have always had the privilidge of having nice sized tables when I go out to eat.
(ID #196481) Posted on 2008/05/25 15:04
maybe it's because I see them a lot, I didn't notice anything wrong with the table....
(ID #196501) Posted on 2008/05/25 15:35
Aimless Traveler
Depends on which restaurant. As expected, smaller restaurants usually have small tables.
(ID #196595) Posted on 2008/05/25 18:15
Wow, that could quite possibly be the smallest table for two I have ever seen. It wouldn't be so bad if I was on a date. But I really have no interest in playing footsie with my buddies.
(ID #196630) Posted on 2008/05/25 19:56
I don't care much, but I think that sometimes it's similar here.
(ID #196670) Posted on 2008/05/25 22:15
Not uncommon over in Hong Kong, so it's not surprising for me to see such table.
(ID #196729) Posted on 2008/05/25 23:52
Well, it's not a big table. If we ask table for two here we get twice as big or even bigger, it depends on the place. It's really suprising that they have such tables in Japan, because usually when I see japanese restaurants I see huge tables whit lots of food, no?
(ID #196787) Posted on 2008/05/26 00:51
I didn't even know that was physically possible >_>
(ID #196859) Posted on 2008/05/26 02:15
Some places they do have that size, but I always see more decent sizes than these, in more expensive places I guess.
(ID #196886) Posted on 2008/05/26 03:04
Student, (Amateur) Mangaka,Autodidact Illustrator, Autodidact Animator, Autodidact Visual Novel Creator, Autodidact Web Designer, Freelance Photograph
They're usually this size in DimSum places - I haven't seen anywhere else with tables this size though.
(ID #196922) Posted on 2008/05/26 03:48
The cafes and fast food restaurants are like such here in my state.
(ID #197019) Posted on 2008/05/26 06:52
Yes, but only in pubs where space is at a premium and you're expected only to have a drink and not a full meal (which is a problem when the pub decides to serve breakfasts). The smallest tables I've seen in a non-pub restaurant would be in fast-food locations. The tables for 2 are at the very least large enough to accommodate 2 trays of food.
(ID #197034) Posted on 2008/05/26 07:34
yes. actually, we have the same table size like that ^^;;
(ID #197054) Posted on 2008/05/26 08:38
I don't eat out much, but I do know that the tables around here are MUCH bigger.
(ID #197294) Posted on 2008/05/26 16:16
littledoll (登録日: 2008/03/21 02:36)
Sometimes tables are that small here, but only really if they are in a pub or cafe maybe, definitely not in a non-fast food restaurant. ^_^;
(ID #197525) Posted on 2008/05/27 01:01
オタク by moonlight, Graphic Designer by daylight
That table is so small!!! What a joke!!! The table in our region is huge compared to the on in the picture. XD
(ID #197619) Posted on 2008/05/27 03:50
Yeah, some places are that small (McDonalds) while others aren't. And the Japanese place I frequent (Place in East Lansing called Omi) has slightly larger tables, but I suspect that's more to the furniture manufactures nearby than anything else.
(ID #197759) Posted on 2008/05/27 08:15
Many cafe-style restaurants I go to, as well as (sadly) my favorite bar have tables this size, usually against a wall and with two chairs. Eating with a friend becomes a spatial management puzzle.
(ID #198666) Posted on 2008/05/28 10:13
At least this'll get you closer to the other person you're with. Tables here aren't as small though.
(ID #290037) Posted on 2008/09/04 08:58
In my city, I've never seen a table for 2 persons only for 4. I think that's because we usually go out in the city more than 2 persons.
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