A Petition To Be Seated Before My Party Is Complete

Shani Silver
Sep 9, 2018 · 4 min read

Have a seat.

Photo by me.

Hi, I have a reservation for 7pm. No, my party is not complete, she’s in a Lyft and will be here in exactly nine minutes. I however, am on time and can see that you have my table (and 13 other tables in this establishment) prepared and ready to serve its purpose in life which is to be a table. While I understand it is this restaurant’s policy not to seat…

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Shani Silver

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NPR called me a humor essayist, let’s go with that. Author of Refinery29’s “Every Single Day” series, host of A Single Serving Podcast. shanisilver[at]gmail

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