How to express lack of preference


What would be the most natural and polite way to express a lack of preference,
for instance, when being asked by a waiter if I prefer a seat at the counter
or a separate table?

I've searched Google, Jisho and Midori and come up with:

  * 構わないんです（よ）
  * 気にしない

but I am very unsure of the level of politeness and I don't want it to sound
stilted. In particular, 気にしない seems rude, as jisho.org lists it as "not
caring; not giving a damn" and that's not really what I had in mind.




どちらでもいいですよ, どこでもいいですよ, どちらでも構いません、どっちでも大丈夫です would be natural in this
situation. どっちでも気にしません is possible and won't be rude, but a slightly uncommon
way of saying it.

Just かまわないです、気にしません is also possible but a slightly odd choice (it would be
natural if it was in response to being asked to take a certain seat, instead
of being asked what your preference was).

None of the word choices is rude, but perhaps かまわないです、気にしません signals
comfortableness being 敬うed. So for example, if you were asked by a 目上の人,
better choices are どちらでもいいですよ、どちらでも大丈夫です.




どちらでもいいですよ, どこでもいいですよ, どちらでも構いません、どっちでも大丈夫です would be natural in this
situation. どっちでも気にしません is possible and won't be rude, but a slightly uncommon
way of saying it.

Just かまわないです、気にしません is also possible but a slightly odd choice (it would be
natural if it was in response to being asked to take a certain seat, instead
of being asked what your preference was).

None of the word choices is rude, but perhaps かまわないです、気にしません signals
comfortableness being 敬うed. So for example, if you were asked by a 目上の人,
better choices are どちらでもいいですよ、どちらでも大丈夫です.

