Miss Manners: Is it OK to sit at the same table as someone working on laptop at coffee shop?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it rude to ask someone alone with a laptop at a coffeeshop to share the table?

GENTLE READER: On the contrary: It seems like pretty good assurance that neither of you will have to make small talk.

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