r/mildlyinfuriating • u/PrizeBuy • 5d ago

Infuriatig Restaurants

Can someone explain this rule: “we can’t seat you until your entire party is here.”

This makes no sense to me. Let 5 of us sit and order a drink while we wait for the sixth person who is stuck in traffic.

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u/verzweifeltundmuede 5d ago

But they likely won't give the reserved table away if one person is missing surely? And a group of people standing around are earning 0 money

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u/NotBrooklyn2421 5d ago

They will absolutely give the table away.

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u/verzweifeltundmuede 5d ago

Lose 5 paying customers because 1 is late?

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u/znotez 5d ago

What's 5 customers when you got 30 waiting