I wasn’t acknowledged when I went in, but I sat down to peruse their menu. It didn’t offer anything substantially interesting, but I thought I might get a snack and beer. Anyway, the restaurant was way over-staffed which I imagine led to confusion as to who was meant to be serving each table.

The upshot of all that is that no-one came to take my order and two staff members came to take the order of a nearby couple who had just come in and weren’t yet ready to place their order. So I left and I doubt anyone noticed. I think that’s the first time out of hundreds of cafe and restaurant visits that’s happened to me this year.