"Do you have a reservation?" used to be the standard brush-off line at a busy restaurant's host stand. Now, in a growing number of places, it's "Do you have a ticket?"
Booking a table used to feel pretty good. Sure, it wasn't always easy to get the time and date we wanted, but once we did, there was a sense of accomplishment.
Who owns a restaurant reservation?Is it the restaurant, having set aside a table as a courtesy for a particular guest? Is it the guest, who made the reservation and can use it - or not ...