You may not know that there is a difference between "reservations" and " call ahead". Call ahead allows the management to be assured there will be room for a sizable party but not necessarily at a given time. I know the answer" push the tables together" seems to be logical. But in the food service industry that means the 8 people would be taking up turn over time for much longer than say a party of two to four. More turn over equals more items and drinks sold. The party of 8 that sat there jabbering was eating into not only the number of items sold but also the number of customers the food server would have during their shift. Also many people believe food servers ( usually referred to as waiters and waitresses) don't necessarily make minimum wage. They usually make enough to purchase the companies health insurance. That's it. Any income comes from tips. BUt those tips have a tip share attached. X percentage goes to the hostess, the bar tender,the bussing person. (Table cleaner) So when a cook screws up the way a steak is grilled you can bet the head cook hears about it. Bad food means the food server gets the penny left on the table. The food service business is interesting but I could't do it! I'd want to dump a glass of ice water on some people. And don't think there aren't jerk customers making snarky remarks about a female servers breast size, hair or teeth. How about the fool that shows a gun to a server and says the food better be good. Yea there are some pretty awful food servers, but that means that management is lacking. Most are good decent hard working moms and college students just trying to get by.
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