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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
im bumping this thread, because today I went to a nice bar/restaurant, and we wanted to be on the patio. when we got out there they asked us what table we would like in this section. (section was totally empty and good section where you could see the street was 1/2 full)
the next people who came in (2 ppl as well) were put up top, and then the next in our section.
I wasnt exactly dressed up, (jeans and sweatshirt, showered) but the others that were in our section led me to believe that we were put in the reject section. after a while the whole place got filled up and it no longer seemed to be a reject section.
the service was kind of bad because the whole place was busy and i think a few waitresses were new, and i know that they were training a host (followed our host around)
am i paranoid because i didnt dress up and am having a low self esteem day?
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I wouldn't take it personally if I were you. Did you come in at a time near a possible shift change (early AM table, 4-6PM, etc?) You were probably just the first people in that section that day. As people arrived, they filled the section.
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Originally Posted by cellophanedeity
I've noticed that the people who are most commonly seated beside windows, or in the front row on the patios are the people who are the "ideal customers" for the chain. At some places they want lawyers in suits, other times they want teenagers having fun, and other times they want families.
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Maybe you'll see that at privately owned places but my wife has worked for several chain restaraunts and their seating was never based on that. If the place isn't full seating has always been based on a server rotation. Furthermore, to maximize the capacity you want to match the table to the size of the party (you don't put a 4-top at a round table made for 8 people). Once a place is full they put them at the first available table (with the exception of grossly mismatched tables: no big table for a small party).
Hosts are way too busy to seat people at locations based on appearance and they definitely don't want to offend people by getting caught doing that. The Cheesecake Factory actually has their seating arrangements computerized with little progress indicators. Privately owned establishments are the only place you'd see this.