Originally Posted by
angatol
I went to a Cheesecake Factory the other day and it looked half empty. They asked for my name and said it would be 5 to 10 minutes. I said I wasn't willing to wait and walked out, but was puzzled about why they wanted me to wait. Perhaps this explains it.
That always puzzled me too. It's happened at several similiar restaurants. You can see that it is half full/half empty and are told to wait 5-10 minutes. Uh, I can see plenty of open tables. The only thing I thought about is that they were waiting for a service person for that section to be ready.