There was very little seating available in the waiting area, and three seats worth was taken up by a couple of what looked to be 12-year boys playing some sort of video game. There was nothing wrong with them as far as I could tell.
While is is going on, both of our parents, as well as a lady who looked to be about eight months pregnant, were standing around in full view of the boys. After ten minutes, my MIL was obviously suffering, so I asked the boys if they could move over so she could sit. They did, but I got a look from them as though I'd asked them give up screwing until they were forty.
The woman with the boys was engaged with a cell phone conversation during the entire period - no help there. To the credit of the hostess, she saw what was going on and managed to seat us AND the pregnant lady ahead of the boys and Ms Yapsalot (who sure didn't overlook THAT - "They, ah, called ahead, Ma'am").
Growing up, I was taught that an able-bodied kids didn't take a seat in a situation like that unless all the women and older adults had a place to sit (not that there were many of the latter - generally, you were run down by a sabertooth tiger by the time you turned 40 and lost a few steps.
). Is this now completely out of vogue??
