Restaurant follow up

Just a quick follow up.
We were seated at a table very close to the kitchen, such that the chefs could watch our table and still work. We were also sort of behind a pole. We had two theories on this arrangement.

1) Silly Americans often do embarrassing things and we should be hidden from sight so as not to offend the other patrons (there were only one other table occupied.)

2) We were placed specifically to allow optimal viewing and amusement for the restaurant staff.

Upon consulting his teachers today at school, Michael discovered that option 2 was in fact the most likely scenario.