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re: Are you good with going in a restaurant right before it’s scheduled to close?
Posted on 5/29/25 at 4:14 pm to tigerfoot
Posted on 5/29/25 at 4:14 pm to tigerfoot
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yet, as consumers, we conform to all types of businesses with closing hours we observe by completing our transactions prior to closing time.
How many restaurants kick everyone out immediately when the clock strikes closing time?
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Posted on 5/29/25 at 4:18 pm to LNCHBOX
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Who downvotes this? Where is the lie?
Because this is only used at the severity it is in restaurants.
Nobody walks into a bar room on a Tuesday night and expects bartenders to serve them drinks that cannot be consumed in time for the bar to close at 12:00. Nor would any bar I know let strange patrons remain after closing, as their asses would be reamed by owners.
Nobody walks into Super Cuts and expects a hairdresser wiping down her station for the day to open it back up because there's 2 minutes left until 5:00pm when they close.
These are all service jobs, and none of us act like they are required to keep serving us past their posted hours just because we get there prior.
Like I said, there's a huge difference in a family coming in at 8:20 and it taking a little longer than the 9:00pm close time versus someone carrying their family of 4 into an establishment when there's not even enough time to get served a soft drink before the clock strikes close.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 4:20 pm to TackySweater
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How many restaurants kick everyone out immediately when the clock strikes closing time?
Exactly. Restaurants are just as much at fault as patrons.
Too many restaurants won't say no to anything, so patrons are now entitled to believe they deserve service as long as their foot is in the door at 9:59pm no matter where they go.
Again - Big difference in someone wrapping up their meal because they've been there a while when the clock strikes 10:00 versus someone who rolled in 5 deep at 9:55.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 4:28 pm to LouisianaLady
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Restaurants are just as much at fault as patrons.
The fault solely lies with the restaurants. They have 100% ability to change this, every single restaurant out there has that power. If they don’t,and bitch then that’s on them.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 4:54 pm to LouisianaLady
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Nobody walks into a bar room on a Tuesday night and expects bartenders to serve them drinks that cannot be consumed in time for the bar to close at 12:00.
Drinks and an actual meal aren't really apples to apples though. To further that point, most bars that have a kitchen close the kitchen well before the bar closes, likely for this exact reason.
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Nobody walks into Super Cuts and expects a hairdresser wiping down her station for the day to open it back up because there's 2 minutes left until 5:00pm when they close.
I'll have to take your word for it, but shutting down your station early is a risk.
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These are all service jobs, and none of us act like they are required to keep serving us past their posted hours just because we get there prior.
Again, you aren't really making an equal comparison with these things.
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Like I said, there's a huge difference in a family coming in at 8:20 and it taking a little longer than the 9:00pm close time versus someone carrying their family of 4 into an establishment when there's not even enough time to get served a soft drink before the clock strikes close.
There really isn't though. Your business is either open or not.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 4:57 pm to LNCHBOX
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There really isn't though. Your business is either open or not.
I said it above. This is 100% on restaurants. Every single restaurant has the ability to stop this if they want. Some won’t. So stop bitching.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 4:58 pm to LouisianaLady
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Nobody walks into Super Cuts and expects a hairdresser wiping down her station for the day to open it back up because there's 2 minutes left until 5:00pm when they close.
So do they close at 5? Or do they close when the hairdresser starts cleaning her station?
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to open it back up because there's 2 minutes left until 5:00pm when they close
So they close before they actually close?
This post was edited on 5/29/25 at 5:02 pm
Posted on 5/29/25 at 5:04 pm to TackySweater
What's funny in all this is I get calls and emails outside of my work hours pretty much daily 
Hell, even in my student work jobs I still occasionally had to do work outside of my set hours.
Hell, even in my student work jobs I still occasionally had to do work outside of my set hours. Posted on 5/29/25 at 5:13 pm to themetalreb
Sounds like a good time to rob it
Posted on 5/29/25 at 5:47 pm to TackySweater
quote:none.
How many restaurants kick everyone out immediately when the clock strikes closing time?
Now ask yourself this, how many would lock the doors at closing time if no one there?
Restaurants expect a few tacky people to force them to stay later, it doesn’t mean we should all be tacky.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 5:59 pm to tigerfoot
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none.
Then that’s a restaurant problem lol
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Now ask yourself this, how many would lock the doors at closing time if no one there?
So they want to close at closing time, but they don’t put any policies in place that actually let them do it. That’s a restaurant problem.
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Restaurants expect a few tacky people to force them to stay later
Force? lol. That’s a restaurant problem.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 7:02 pm to TackySweater
Go to Macys tonight and start shopping. When you’re still there at 9, and they’ve asked you to head to the register to pay so they can close, send me a text.
You’re technically still in there right? So they’re not technically closed right? Since you’re still there?
I’m gonna start shopping and trying stuff on while you’re making your way to pay.
Let’s see if they let me shop! After all - according to you, are they open or closed? They should pick you up and carry you out the door at 8:59 per you or else they’re staying up past their posted time.
You’re technically still in there right? So they’re not technically closed right? Since you’re still there?
I’m gonna start shopping and trying stuff on while you’re making your way to pay.
Let’s see if they let me shop! After all - according to you, are they open or closed? They should pick you up and carry you out the door at 8:59 per you or else they’re staying up past their posted time.
This post was edited on 5/29/25 at 7:03 pm
Posted on 5/29/25 at 7:05 pm to LouisianaLady
And to your point, I think it would be awesome if they went to EVERY remaining table and handed them a bill and threw their food in boxes. I’d pay to be a fly on that wall.
However, most restaurant people understand the nuance between letting someone who came in 45 minutes prior to close wrap it up versus letting someone sit for a full meal service with 5 minutes to go. They're being considerate when they don't need to be. And yes. It's stupid on their part.
You're right. They need to start kicking y'alls asses out when the clock strikes 10 no matter where in the process you are. If they're posting that the entire business as an establishment monolith closes at 10, then even if you order before kitchen closes, they should be kicking you out when it hits 10 regardless whether you've eaten or not.
I for one would love to see the melts.
However, most restaurant people understand the nuance between letting someone who came in 45 minutes prior to close wrap it up versus letting someone sit for a full meal service with 5 minutes to go. They're being considerate when they don't need to be. And yes. It's stupid on their part.
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This is 100% on restaurants. Every single restaurant has the ability to stop this if they want
You're right. They need to start kicking y'alls asses out when the clock strikes 10 no matter where in the process you are. If they're posting that the entire business as an establishment monolith closes at 10, then even if you order before kitchen closes, they should be kicking you out when it hits 10 regardless whether you've eaten or not.
I for one would love to see the melts.
This post was edited on 5/29/25 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 5/29/25 at 7:17 pm to LouisianaLady
There's definitely two sets of people posting here...those who have worked in the industry and those who haven't.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:21 pm to LouisianaLady
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Go to Macys tonight and start shopping. When you’re still there at 9, and they’ve asked you to head to the register to pay so they can close, send me a text.
Restaurants can do this. They chose not to. That’s on the restaurants. They 100% can do that. Or put policies in place to avoid it. So don’t bitch about it.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:23 pm to LouisianaLady
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they should be kicking you out when it hits 10 regardless whether you've eaten or not. I for one would love to see the melts.
You realize they CAN do this, right?
Posted on 5/29/25 at 9:19 pm to Degas
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There's definitely two sets of people posting here...those who have worked in the industry and those who haven'
I worked in it for 10 years lol
Posted on 5/30/25 at 7:18 am to MikeBRLA
The “closing” time. Is the time of the last seating. Personally, I would never do it, especially, in BR. Every restaurant should close at 8 in this town.
Posted on 5/30/25 at 7:56 am to themetalreb
You can do it, but it makes you an a-hole 
For the folks saying that other jobs work outside of their typical hours, if someone is making you do that for a non-urgent issue, then that person is also an a-hole.
For the folks saying that other jobs work outside of their typical hours, if someone is making you do that for a non-urgent issue, then that person is also an a-hole.
Posted on 5/30/25 at 9:40 am to Epic Cajun
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For the folks saying that other jobs work outside of their typical hours, if someone is making you do that for a non-urgent issue, then that person is also an a-hole.
Don't agree with this either. My work hours at my company don't perfectly align with other people's at other companies. I actually had a PM try to tell me he didn't see something because an email was sent outside his work hours as if he wasn't telling me this on a smart phone. That guy is the actual a-hole
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