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This is the Conversation Forum for A Guide to Restaurant Service << A Guide to Grocery Service (one little thing) >> Subject: Relative time-dilation in restaurants Posted Feb 25, 2000 by Mustapha   Posting 1 The time taken to take your order and deliver your meal is inversely proportionate (ie much greater than) than the time they allow you to eat and digest your courses before you get the hell out of our restaurant, we need the table. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Relative time-dilation in restaurants Posted Mar 1, 2000 by Amanda This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 And don't forget: when in immediate need of food, light up a cigarette (whether or not you smoke) and everything you ordered will suddenly appear. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Relative time-dilation in restaurants Posted Mar 7, 2000 by Administrator-General (5+0+9)*3+0 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 The time for food to be ordered, served and consumed in restaurants is also logarithmically proportional to the number of people in the dinner party. Typical values are: 1 person = 30 minutes 2 people = 45 minutes 4 people = 60 minutes 8 people = 75 minutes and so on. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Relative time-dilation in restaurants Posted Mar 8, 2000 by Amanda This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 Unless everyone orders salads first, of course, in which case the main courses should be ready 25 minutes BEFORE the salads. Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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