Restaurant wait time

PET PEEVE #997

People sitting at their table for a long time after they eat when there is a huge line waiting to sit down.

Don't you just hate it when you are going out to dinner on the weekends and the restaurant is packed? To make it worse is when the host/hostess tells you it will be a 20-30 minute and it turns out to be like an hour. I mean I don't know how they calculate the wait time.... IS THERE A FORMULA THEY USE? if so, I would like to know. 

I hate people who sit at their table and take their sweet time and don't care about all the people waiting outside for their table. And they know you are starring at them too. I think there should be like a limited time where people can sit after their dinner. Say 30-40 minutes? A restaurant isn't a coffee shop. There is money to be made and people to serve. I use to be a waiter in high school and I would hate people sitting in my section for a long time because I lose money. When you are a waiter/waitress its all about provided good services along with how fast you can flip your table for the next customer.

SO PEOPLE NEXT TIME YOU ARE OUT EATING, PLEASE BE COURTEOUS AND GIVE UP YOUR TABLE!

"You have to try this... It's the best"

This topic ties to everything out there that gets recommended to us; whether it is a commercial or word of mouth referral from someone we know/ don't know.

Most of the time I get really disappointed when people tell me to try a new restaurant, order this item, taste this drink. They make it seem like it's the best thing in the world, and the way they describe their experience paints a vivid image in my mind of how exactly it looks, taste and feel. I can't help but to take their word for it because I want to experience what they have. And I got to say its a 50/50 chance that it will be the way I projected it to be.

I especially hate watching restaurant commercials on T.V. The food looks so good on picture but once you go to the restaurant to order what you saw on T.V. It turns out to be half the size and less appealing. 

Like this Steak and Seafood entree from a local 5 star restaurant. I have ordered this entree couple of times and it has never looked like this.

Also......

Ever watched a movie because one of your friends told you "you have to go watch it, it is such a good movie!!!" 

And after the movie you thought it was the worse movie ever release in theaters. 

Like this Twilight movie. I'm sorry... but guys do not listen to female referrals on movies like these. I thought it was a waste of money! The story line sucked. Everyone keeps telling me to watch the second one because its better. NO THANK YOU! NEXT PLEASE!