...when you go to a restaurant - stay home.

Nobody can predict the future, some are very good at it but nobody
out there has balls of crystal, that I know of.

You can prepare all you want but still not be 100% right for the
evening. You can be out of an entree halfway through the night
for no other resaon than it went over better than expected the
first half of the evening. You have your policy on *where* you
want your customers to do their "heavy waiting", either "standing
and waiting" or "sitting and waiting", but it should never, EVER
be both. Either way, you are likely going to **** of SOMEBODY
with your choice, there is no win-win there, and yes -- you can
have an otherwise cherished, perfect customer decide to show up
with their child one night, and you have to make a snap decision:
"who do I move here???" and again there is no pleasing both
parties.

And for the pompous ass who remarked "I don't care about your
back-of-the house excuses for things not being right" (slightly
paraphrased): YOU should stay home by yourself, maybe learn a
little bit about "the inevitable interaction of human presence in
everyday life" by depriving yourself of it for a couple of
decades.

Newsflash for ya, asswipe: People call off work. They slip on wet
floors and have to go home. They burn themselves and need to run
to the ER. They have unavoidable intrusions into their lives, not
all of which are timed to coincide exactly with your perfect
dining experience. Another flash, whiz kid: the "side jobs"
done by restaurant staff are essential to the big picture. Sorry
as all hell that your waitress has watch over the coffee machine
or needs to wrap silverware/napkins sometime during the evening.
Perhaps we should just have a Coffee Captain and a Place Setting
Patrol on staff for 8 hours a night so you don't need to wait a
few moments for your first drinks to arrive? Of course that would
chew into the profit margin and, oh hell, what if it forces us to
close eventually, but hey, you had your 100% perfect, controlled
dinner.

The bottom line remains - if you want perfection and guaranteed
results: book the entire place for yourself, pre-order your meals
the day before, and pay for the whole staff for the evening. If
not, please quit your whining.

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If u are gonna say that I said something,
please say what I REALLY said. ($1 Earl)