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Originally Posted by mike2009
Ari:
A better system that i have experienced at other rooms is that your name stays on the list (with the indicated call-in time) for a fixed period - say 1 to 2 hours. When you arrive you check in with the desk to indicate you have arrived and the name is now "active". Properly planned you can essentially be "first up" when you arrive.
I think the call in system is fine the way it is. If you think about it, your in essence " butting in line" already. Say there's 4 people on list. You call and get your name up. Every person that has physically come in 1 min after you called all the way up to the time you get there (could be from 2 to 10,20,30, who knows) has effectively been "line jumped". Not really a big deal because they don't know where you came from. For all they know , you've been there the whole time.
Instituting a system where you would be bumped to next up after missing your original call is just going to create more problems then it is worth IMHO. Say you come in after having missed your call. You get yourself 1st up on list when you arrive. You go back to the bar to sit and wait. 2 mins later your called for a seat that the 5 guys next to you have been waiting 45 mins at the bar for.
1) It's going to piss them off.
2) They now are going to find out about the call in system and biatch about that.
3) If this happens more often than not...there goes the call in system.
I like the callin system and would like it to continue. I just think that starting "1st up if you miss call" policy is a recipe for negative attention to a system that works just fine the way it is. Just get there when you say you are gonna be there. I understand one may run into problems while in transit ( pulled over , traffic jam, accidents, etc.), but maybe there can be a little adjustment made if this were the case. Just call back, explain the situation and maybe some other thing could be done.
I know I'd be pissed if some guy came and sat next to me at bar or stood next to me at front desk talking about " the traffic was crazy" or " there was an accident and I just got here" , then get seated right away after I have been waiting forever.
This is just my opinion people. Please don't beat me up too badly.