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

On Fri, 21 Mar 2025, flood of sins wrote:

On 2025-03-20, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 22:34:47 +0000, D wrote:

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This is another one of those things that annoy me. Whenever a restaurant
has a waiting list for several weeks, I say "no thank you" and move on.
Months?! Forget about it!

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That would be in the rarefied atmosphere of high end dining. Reserving
tables at restaurants 24 hours in advance would be somewhat optimistic
i.e. I could be dead by then. A few months in advance would be wildly
optimistic. Well, either that or I have a really short attention span.
That would explain a lot.

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i don't like being in crowded restaurants. whether it's just my
wife and i or whether it's a group, we make it a point to arrive
early before busy hours. for a group reservations are always made
at least a day in advance. we're usually done and leaving by the
time the restaurants fill up. the food and service is always much
better early too, as the staff isn't worn down yet. but if i'm ever
asked for anything more than my name for a reservation, there's
always a good someplace else to go.

For many years there was an annoying trend in Stockholm where they would push the tables closer and closer together. It became unbearable having a stranger sitting so close to you. I think they went too far, so lately the tables have been coming apart again! =)