Originally Posted by
ESPECIALROB
No, the hostess who commanded that I could not be seated anywhere else but seven inches from the restaurant's only other occupant was in Detroit, at the Marriott Hotel, Renaissance Center. Happened a few years ago, but I recall this incident like it happened yesterday.
Anybody venture a guess as to why these sadistic hosts and hostesses insist someone sit so uncomfortably close to another diner in an empty restaurant? Obviously they want to keep the few diners together within a server's station, but why to this extreme?
The closer the parties are to each other, the easier on the server, and also, the easier it is for the hostess to keep track of what tables are available. However, perhaps she was just incredibly grumpy that day, and that's why she didn't want to be nice.