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10 February, 2010
Posted in: Dublin, Ireland

Me: Can I book a table for two for Saturday night?
Restaurant: I’m afraid we’re fully booked.
Me: How about the following Saturday?
Restaurant: That’s fully booked too and the week after as well.
Me: Well, when do you have a table for two on a Saturday night?
Restaurant: Not until after the end of April.
Me: OK, can I have a table for two on the first Saturday in May?
Restaurant: Bookings for May, June and July only open on the first of March. And, if you are hoping for a Saturday night, I would advise you to ring early on the 1st.

What recession?

And then, at the doctor’s.

Me: Can I make an appointment?
Receptionist: When would suit?
Me: I wonder could I book something for Wednesday of next week?
Receptionist: We don’t open bookings for next week until Friday afternoon.

Really, why?

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  1. CAD says

    11 February, 2010 at 12:43

    maybe cos s/he hasn’t learned how to use the surgery’s computerised booking system properly? Otherwise bonkers. Don’t suppose you want to divulge which restaurant in Dublin is so popular and recession-proof, thereby undermining your chances of getting that May reservation (and giving them unneeded publicity)?

  2. Sarah says

    11 February, 2010 at 19:38

    Because they have to offer appointments within so many days, so they only allow you to book them then.

    Or is Irish healthcare not as much of a target driven bureaucratic nightmare as the UK’s?

  3. belgianwaffle says

    11 February, 2010 at 23:07

    C, Chapter 1, apparently they haven’t got so many tables for two…hmmm.

    Sarah, no probably not the same bureaucratic nightmare but on the other hand I’ll have to pay €50 for the privilege.

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