"All right ma'am, the wait may be about 5-10 minutes."
"WHY."
"Well, I just need to look at-"
"I STOP GOING TO RESTAURANTS THAT MAKE ME WAIT."
"It'll just be a few moments, the wait is usually significantly shorter than quoted."
"IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S BUSY SOOOO....?"
"We only have three servers right now and I just seated all of them, I have to give them a few minutes before I seat them again."
"BUT YOU HAVE A LOT OF EMPTY TABLES????"
"I just want to make sure that they don't get double sat so that you can get the best service possible."
"IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S ANYBODY HERE, SO LIKE, WHY DO I HAVE TO WAIT."
Lady complained about waiting for so long that, by the time she was done bitching, five minutes had passed and her table was ready.