it was open and there were a couple of little round tables inside where you could sit and drink coffee while you ate a donut or pastry or whatever , but there were far too many people coming and going and the tables were far too small to make any kind of a map on ; and besides , this guy , standing with his nose just inches from the window and craning his neck to look past some old guy sitting at the table in front , couldnt see even a single salt or pepper shaker anywhere .