Our favorite table mates were a British couple we met a decade or so ago. It was a booth for 4 and we were a few, very few, minutes late. When we sat down, they were polite, but a tad aloof. Until the waiter came over to take our order. My hubby ordered 6 shrimp cocktails. The waiter asked if he meant 6 shrimp and he said, "no, six orders". The Brit gent looked at him in shock and asked if that was even acceptable. Hubby and the waiter said yes, so our new friend changed his order to 6 as well. We had a table covered in shrimp cocktails. Got a serious case of the giggles over it, which became contagious. That was pretty much all any of us ate that night, but it sure got us started. Ended up doing stuff in ports together and just generally hanging out the entire trip. Stayed in touch for years. Wish all out table mates could be that much fun.
Marty