On 9/13/2014 1:18 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Sep 2014 21:49:31 +0300, Opinicus
> > wrote:
>
>> A new meaning has been added to "Ticket Restaurant".
>>
>> "Should people pay for not turning up to a restaurant?
>>
>> "No-shows for reservations are an age-old problem for restaurants. But
>> one restaurateur thinks he has cracked the problem by replacing
>> bookings with paid-for tickets, and he's bringing the system to the
>> UK."
>>
>> http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29132172
>
> No restaurant with that kind of system would get my business and I am
> not part of the no-show problem. They need to figure out something
> else, like holding the table for 10 minutes and seating walk-in
> customers if the reservation holder appears any later without calling
> the restaurant. In this day and age of cell phones everywhere,
> barring sudden hospitalization en route to dinner, there's no excuse
> for not calling that isn't lame.
>
>


I'd give 15 minutes, then your solution applies.

There are _always_ folks waiting for a table.

No tickets, period.