No Reservations About Reservations
GERMANY, HAMBURG, RESTAURANT, TIME | RIGHT | MARCH 25, 2011
(The time is exactly 7:42 pm.)

Customer: “Hello. I’d like to make a reservation for two this evening, please.”

Me: “Absolutely. What time will you be back?”

Customer: “At a quarter to eight.”

(I wait to see if this is a joke.)

Me: “So, for right now?”

Customer: *completely deadpan* “Yes.”