Rant: Guests that are ultra picky about seating
I’ve been working a few hosting shifts a week recently and I discovered a new pet peeve: When guests are extremely picky about seating. Recently, it seems like one in every five tables I try to seat has a problem with where I seat them and an ultra-specific request for where they want to sit, almost always when we’re slammed, and usually making me mess up rotation and screw over one of the servers.
“Can we have a booth? Oh no not this one, we want a BIG one (for a 2 top)” “We don’t want to sit in the bar area, can we sit out there?” “Can we have a table with a little privacy?” (meanwhile the entire restaurant is full) “We want THIS table!” (pointing to a dirty table)
I get there’s valid reasons why people would prefer certain seats or booths, and if we aren’t very busy I’m usually happy to accommodate. But the last thing I want to do when there’s a line out the door is play musical chairs with a grown ass adult who thinks the world revolves around them. 314