chipotle blunder

Ok, so this one's going to be a human interest piece of sorts. I'm not sure if all Chipotles are created equal, but my local Chipotle on 26th & 7th Ave. is set up as follows: from front to back, it's one long horizontal restaurant that probably seats 30, window-row of tables with 2 high chairs each-assembly line where you order and pay-drinks at the polar opposite end of the entrance. (You're welcome for the stellar logistics description). So there's this long line of high tables that are so close together you have to walk to the end of the entire line and go around to sit on the other side of your table. Now I thought it was common knowledge, no matter how crowded the restaurant, if there is a person sitting alone on one side of these tiny round tables, it is NOT kosher to join them, whether you ask or not. They're really small tables that are definitely reserved for people who know each other. Here are your options: eat standing up at the bar against the window or take it to go. That's it. Don't share a dollhouse-sized steel table with someone who is so creeped out that your burrito bowls can't fit without touching that he or she ends up bowing out early. I actually saw a guy nudge a girl's food himself so that his could fit the other day. Like, don't touch my food. I don't know you, nor do I want to have an unbelievably awkward lunch with you. In conclusion, until Chipotle decides to expand their seating arrangement to something slightly less, well...intimate, singles beware of the elusive (yet not so elusive) stranger danger table sharer. Enjoy it.