Anything that falls, from soup to nuts, so to speak, lands on my “shelf” and the napkin placed on my lap is useless.

To put it in perspective, I am quite short. When at a restaurant, the table often hits at my bust line. When I eat, I am sitting away from the table, and am not tall enough to lean over slightly.

During the dinner I attended, I never got the opportunity to try out all the dishes, as the host never mentioned them or they were kept at the other end of the table.

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