Restaurants demanding phone numbers for walk-ins

[Anonymous]

It's because your data is more valuable than your dinner. Don't give away your data.

[Anonymous]

I'm about to go back to work and this is the reason I refuse to be the host.
The empty tables have been promised to someone already. They probably got paged and are on their way. If they had tables available, they would seat you asap.
It's ok to walk away if you don't want to be give out your number. You can try to stand nearby, and luckily only a few people do, but it is so hard to work around customers waiting. Maybe the owner will be sad if you leave, but we don't have time to care. We may read about it on yelp later.
Some of you have no idea how hard it is to run a busy shift. Having more workers is not the solution. Competent workers and chill customers make everything run smoothly.
Why don't you all come on slower days. Why are you all coming at the same time?
Slow days are so much nicer. Service, drinks, and even food is better when workers are not rushed.
I'll see you all in GT for lunch and dinner on weekdays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work in restaurant we only ask if wait 15-30 minutes. So we can text them when table is ready . Otherwise no . We have table we sit walk in right the way . Although we had cases when they have left something behind and we were not able to reach them .

Who texts them? Does a hostess have to use her personal phone to text strangers? That seems wrong too.

We use Resy , most of the time when we take their names down they already have Resy account . If they don’t we just add their name. Never had an issue . But again if wait 5 minutes we don’t do that !
Of course if they refuse never happened btw they can just wait.

[Anonymous]

Where you got that restaurants sell your data?
Just curious if it’s really happening ?