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Offline Highlander

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Getting it right
« on: October 13, 2015, 22:09:15 PM »
Just a thought but I like everybody else I have bad days at work. I'm human (well nearly) and I do make mistakes.

So let's assume that a restaurant in Calis (not a specific restaurant) has 40 tables and they fill each table 12 times in an evening.

Taking the season as April 30 to October 31.

That's 102,240 covers.

I know we pay our hard earned pennies and are entitled to good service. But isn't it human nature to fail somewhere along the line.

The real question for me is how the restaurant deals with such human failings.



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Re: Getting it right
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2015, 22:22:18 PM »
Fill each table 12 times a night? They'll fill our table once a night - we don't rush on holiday for anyone  :)

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Re: Getting it right
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2015, 22:25:41 PM »
H, I don't think there's restaurant in the world that fills its tables 12 times a night. Unless, of course, you're talking about KFC, Burger King or Maccy D's but even they'd struggle.

The maximum would probably be 3 times but on average no more than 2 for a very busy establishment.

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« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2015, 22:32:04 PM »
Ah!

Maybe 3 tables of 4 make the 12 that our Highland chum suggests?

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« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2015, 22:43:48 PM »
Maybe but while the rugrats are still in school a lot of the tables will only have couples and very few are likely to have 4 seated at a session.

Mrs KKOB, who's an ex-restaurant manager, reckons that a 40 table restaurant in Calis would be doing well to serve 120 covers per night.

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Re: Getting it right
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2015, 22:59:51 PM »
If they just had a big pile of covers though, and gave them out quickly...

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Re: Getting it right
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2015, 23:07:42 PM »
KKOB - I am of course more than happy to bow to your good ladies' expertise but I thought I was working to the following well know formula...  ;)  ;)  ;)




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« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2015, 23:10:49 PM »
We also need to factor in the number of restaurants on the front (and elsewhere).

The fact is we may all just be unlucky in receiving a bad meal and/or poor service.

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« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2015, 23:15:34 PM »
H, I don't think there's restaurant in the world that fills its tables 12 times a night. Unless, of course, you're talking about KFC, Burger King or Maccy D's but even they'd struggle.

The maximum would probably be 3 times but on average no more than 2 for a very busy establishment.

40 tables, 3 times, 2 per table, 213 days = 240,213 (main course only)

40 tables, 2 times, 2 per table, 213 days = 160,213 (main courses only)

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Re: Getting it right
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2015, 23:16:28 PM »
Assuming people don't really start to eat evening dinner till 6pm at the earliest, and most won't take orders after 10pm, that would mean each sitting would have to last less than 27 minutes  ;)




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