We do our share to help the economy by eating out on Friday nights. We live in a very densely populated area and even though new places to eat pop up almost monthly, if you aren't at a restaurant by 5:30 PM on a Friday night - be prepared to wait for a table. Once we were seated and got our drinks at Texas Roadhouse, the hostess walked past us with a middle aged couple....a rather large middle-aged couple. She walked them to a table for two. The gentleman looked at the table and asked if they could sit in the adjacent booth. The hostess hesitated, then allowed them to switch after calling it in on her space age headset. Mind you, the booths are big enough for four people to sit easily, five if there are two or three kids, and maybe even six if everyone is average size or smaller. It didn't affect me and I don't know why I care, but on the way out, you can't help but notice all the families waiting for tables. I think if I managed such as establishment I might impose a rule where if there is any kind of wait at all - two people must sit at a table for two. They'll fit, they'll just be inconvenienced, like the family of four waiting for a table. Also, these places could fit 10 more tables if they moved the benches closer to the tables....another thing I can't stand. I've read that the spaces keeps getting bigger and bigger as Americans continue to grow. If you want to get technical on me, I guess in reality that couple is adding more to the bottom line than I am due to how much food they're gearing up to eat when they sit down to strap on the feed bag.
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