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Old 11-08-2007, 07:08 PM
mosdef mosdef is offline
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Default Re: Hypothetical Management Decision re: non-tipping patron of restaur

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Big parties are exponentially more difficult and time-consuming to serve than smaller ones.

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i don't think this is true. it wouldn't surprise me if the returns to scale aren't significant, but i'd be shocked if it was on average more difficult to serve a table of 12 than 3 tables of 4.

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This is totally true. Big parties, are 10x harder to wait on: harder to get people's attention, harder logistically, harder to make sure the kitchen gets everything right, etc.

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Is it harder to serve one table with 10 people or 5 tables of 2 people?
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