Restaurants requiring credit cards for reservations? How ridiculous is society getting?

Question

I'm going on a trip to San Francisco and notice that many restuarants want a credit card to hold restuarant reservations. How rediculus is this? Another way to get your credit card number stollen. What do people who don't have or want credit cards do to make restuarant reservations?

Answer 1

AS RIDICULOUS AS THE PEOPLE WHO UP ,AND THINK THAT IT'S NOT AN INCONVENIENCE TO THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS WORLD...

Answer 2

Restaurants do this in order to:

A. Make sure that you come. If not, they will charge your credit card to make up for the money they lost by not having your business.

B. Make sure that you call and cancel if you can't make it.

Imagine making a reservation for a party of 10. They have to bring on extra staff, set up, arrange other tables accordingly. If the party does not show up, the restaurant loses the business, and the servers will not receive the tip.

Think of your time dining at a restaurant as renting a piece of property. Also, any restaurant I've ever worked at would never use a person's credit card # for anything other than the intended use.

Answer 3

thats because if u cancel, they lost money becuz they told some else no for u. and then u cancelled...