Anyone been to dinner or lunch where the table next to you destroyed the ambiance?

I think this could be a fun question or even a rant, it’s up to you.

Have you ever been to lunch or dinner in a restaurant and had the table next to you ruin the whole lunch by ‘just being themselves’?

At one such lunch, my partner and I were seated in a mostly empty restaurant next to a couple who nearly drove us mad. We were about 2 ft apart. The steak was delicious, however, the female of the pair was so loud and chatty her partner was utterly embarrassed and we gave up trying to speak to one another.

She even knew she was embarrassing as she kept commenting loudly “I am embarrassing you aren’t I?” giggle, laugh, snort.

Today, two teenagers, probably late teens, plonked themselves down and proceeded to photograph the entire table ensemble including the knives and forks, the menu and the serviettes. They then ‘chatted’ to each other via text. We could tell as they would laugh as each commented. The flashing light from the photographs was driving us batty. Who does this?

Then they proceeded to stare into the mirror app on their mobiles, pursing their lips and admiring their beauty.

Care to share some odd, funny, weird stories of forced intimacy with a table that just happens to be next to yours?