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Default "Are You Ashamed to Eat Out Alone?"

In article >,
says...
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> On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 21:54:34 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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> >
> >I am just the opposite. If there were people around to talk to, I'd talk to
> >them and not read the book. Reading is only something I do to fill time.
> >Or if I have a need to read the specific material. I would never read a
> >book at a restaurant though. I find that to be rude. I would do it at a
> >coffee shop though. Lots of people do that.

>
> Why ? What's wrong with doing exactly what you want (so long as it
> doesn't infringe on the other diners pleasure) - you say you are a
> writer and yet now you say reading is something you only do to fill
> time?
>
> I don't find it rude to see someone reading in a restaurant and as a
> writer I can't imagine how you do !!! Expect to sell many books ?


LOL. Hoist with her own petard, (more words the "writer" has never
heard of before).

Janet UK.