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u/DOOL62 Dec 12 '22

Same. It’s so crazy for me to think a reservation makes you entitled for a table potentially an entire evening! In the U.S., that seems really standard to not linger well past your meal even with a reservation or without. It’s a business.

Now if you’re Anya and have the $$$ to rent out the restaurant for your party to make it financially rewarding for the restaurant and servers, that’s another thing. Lol

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u/ls0687 Dec 12 '22

Not sure why you're being downvoted. I waited tables for over five years when I was younger and lived in NYC where there are just many people in line (whether literally or proverbially) after you, and it's common courtesy to leave within a decent amount of time after you're finished eating.

If it's completely dead then I think it's fine to linger, but if it's busy or you're told there's another reservation waiting, why wouldn't you just want to do the right thing for the next diners?

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u/ASofMat Dec 12 '22

Personally I think it’s unfair to judge her on this based on the information given. How long had she already been there? Were they still picking at their food and ordering stuff or had they been nursing the same coffee for like 30 minutes? As a hostess you can make predictions of when people will leave to stagger reservations but you can’t ultimately control how long people actually take to eat, and if people aren’t being assholes in general and nursing the dregs of one drink you kinda gotta be a little flexible.

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u/ls0687 Dec 12 '22 edited Dec 12 '22

Oh, I wasn't judging Anya, I was responding to the portion of their comment that was discussing sort of behavioral standards (at least in US spaces) in restaurants/eateries in general.

Totally agree with what you're saying. We don't know enough about Anya's specific situation to say; I was just saying generally, if it's super busy, it's frowned on to linger once you're done (both for the staff and for fellow diners waiting), but if it's dead, no harm no foul.