Are you good with going in a restaurant right before it’s scheduled to close?

Who is to say they didn’t put pee pee in the food out of retaliation?

It wasn't ten o'clock when we walked in here

No, 45 minutes is typically my cutoff

I’d never do it but I’d assume if open till 10 means the front open till 10 and the employees are on clock to 11 or 12 for this very reason. If not then sign should say open till 9.

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I’d never do it but I’d assume if open till 10 means the front open till 10 and the employees are on clock to 11 or 12 for this very reason. If not then sign should say open till 9.

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You’d be assuming wrong. It means customers out at closing time so the employees can clean up and get out by 11:00 or so. If you come in at 9:50, it’s impossible to order, cook the food, eat it, and be out by closing time (10:00)

I agree 100% with you but why not put closing time earlier then?

If I see a sign that says open 10am-10pm, I’d expect same service at 9.59pm as I would get at 5pm.

Your friend sounds like a douchebag with no respect for others or self awareness.

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This baw for sure has never worked in the service industry

I have doubts that a reservation can be made less than an hour before closing.

If a business wants to deny service at a certain time, that's on them. I do not know if it makes financial sense to serve a few people that walk in late, but I imagine they would deny patrons if they could afford to.

Can you show up minutes before closing just becsuse you can? Yes. Are you a douche for doing so? Yes. These can exist together.

Only in times of desperation, make sure you order something that's easy to prepare, and add a beer to the tab for each kitchen staff member that had a hand in preparing your meal.

I worked at a place where the owner would walk in with his family or his wife would show up with her bimbo freinds 15-20 minutes before closing. They would apologize and always make the excuse that they thought we closed 1hr later than the time they arrived. It was usually on a slow night so we probably served our last meal 30 or so minutes before they arrived and were already a couple beers in, breaking down the kitchen and cleaning equipment.

They would take forever to order and they would order 3 courses, taking their time to eat. This happened about once every 4-6 weeks. If I was still there when they came in, I would send most of the staff home after they put their order in.

There was one occasion where I wasn't there that I heard through anonymous sources that they fricked with their food. But I can't corroborate that story.