Two middle-aged women walk down Lafayette, choosing to adventure into one of the Village’s more formal Chinese restaurants. As they follow the hostess to a table, the first woman sends a cursory glance around the room. They approach the table, where one seat faces in and the other is a bench against the wall. The first woman stands back as her friend slides onto the bench seat; she then takes the opposite.
Woman#1: I just find it so strange now when I see so many couples out for dinner with the woman sitting here (she gestures to herself; more generally, to the seat facing the wall) and the man sitting over there (to her friend, sitting on the red cushioned bench).
Woman#2: And why’s that?
Woman#1: Well, the gentleman takes the outside seat because a lady should never have her back to a room!
Woman#2: So why do they do it then?
Woman#1: Because there are no gentlemen left in the world.
NS '09
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