Although I can at least understand people's astonishment at seeing three people... going out for breakfast... and then each reading for him- or herself.
I mean, I'm a big reader, but if I saw three people going out for food and reading at the table, all of them, not just the kids among them (who naturally get bored if the grown-ups take ages to eat or if the food takes long to arrive), I'd be weirded out too. Unless it's the cafeteria at a bookstore. Going out for breakfast (or any other meal) kind of implies social interaction for me, as in, talking to the other people at the table (other than reading out funny or profound bits from the book, as it were). If I want to read through breakfast, I just stay home. So I'd say that others' reaction to a table full of people eating and reading is not exactly indicative of said others' inclination to read (or not)...
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Date: 2009-11-20 11:41 pm (UTC)I mean, I'm a big reader, but if I saw three people going out for food and reading at the table, all of them, not just the kids among them (who naturally get bored if the grown-ups take ages to eat or if the food takes long to arrive), I'd be weirded out too. Unless it's the cafeteria at a bookstore. Going out for breakfast (or any other meal) kind of implies social interaction for me, as in, talking to the other people at the table (other than reading out funny or profound bits from the book, as it were). If I want to read through breakfast, I just stay home. So I'd say that others' reaction to a table full of people eating and reading is not exactly indicative of said others' inclination to read (or not)...