Re: Quebec law to allow restaurants to charge for now shows.

On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 21:12:47 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:

On 2025-03-20 5:05 p.m., dsi1 wrote:

On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:09:45 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
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On 2025-03-20 11:38 a.m., flood of sins wrote:

On 2025-03-19, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

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i find that acceptable for lodging and camping reservations. i
don't think i've ever made any in this century which didn't have
a cancellation fee which increased the closer to the check in
date it got.
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but for a restaurant? that implies giving up credit card
information or a billing name and address for tables which are
easily filled if the restaurant is any good. an exception for
large groups of people i think would be acceptable, but beyond
that, nope, i'd have to pass.

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Maybe they aren't easily filled.If a place is busy enough to need
reservations there is the chance that someone else has tried for a
reservation and couldn't get one because it was fully booked.  Since it
applies to 5 or  more someone would have had to put some tables
together. Now someone has to go and rearrange the tables.
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It at least makes people think about the need to make and honour
reservations.

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The Dogemaster General would probably disagree with you.

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I would like to see those guys go into the management consulting
business. There would be no need to do any proper analysis to see how
the business is organized, what jobs need to be done and who is doing
what. They could just go in and fire everyone.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68404698

That's rich guys for you. They don't see others as being anything other
than tools to be used and discarded. Mostly, they're interested in more
money and feeding their gigantic, needy, ego.