I understand your frustration for waiting for a table.
In Europe, a table is yours until you leave and it's considered rude to bring a check to a table until it's asked for. While I agree that I hate to wait for a table, but I for one think we need to be able to enjoy our friends, conversations, eat slower and enjoy life. I hate going out to eat and before the meal is completed someone is bringing me a check. I also want to linger over coffee and dessert or and after dinner drink and enjoy the evening. That's what "dining" is supposed to be about.
I lived in a city that you couldn't make a reservation at a restaurant and sometimes had to wait a few hours to be seated. You got to know people at the bar and they serve appraisers while you wait. It was the evening!!!!! No one cared! Make it fun and people will come back!
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