Me: “Okay sir, just follow me and I can bring you to your table.”
Customer: “But I’ve been waiting for this one.”
Me: “Well, sir, tht table is still occupied however I do have an available table for you.”
Customer: “NO! I don’t want tht table. I’ve been waiting for this table for 20 minutes now! Why should I go sit at tht table when I’ve been waiting for this one!”
Me: “Okay. But just so you know. It’s going to be another 20 minutes before they pay and get up, if they decide to get up after paying. Even then you’d still have to wait for a busser to clear it and another one to reset it and right now they are backed up.”
Customer: “I just don’t understand why I can’t have this table.”
Me, annoyed: “And I don’t understand why you won’t sit at an open table tht we have waiting for you where you can sit down and start enjoying your meal now instead of waiting another 30 minutes for tht table to be ready for you.”
Customer: “Attitude? Are you giving me attitude? I don’t think so buddy!”
Me: “Weelll…”
(At this point the other hostesses gave me a death lok to shut up so I gave up. The customers at the table he was waiting for actually did decide to camp out for another hour. By tht time we sat the table we were to give him. He ended up waiting an extra hour and a half to be seated.)
