I'm currently at a British themed pub/restaurant that opened recently in my town. Awesome food, awesome service. It's very popular. So popular that don't do reservations or call-aheads. When we got here, the wait was 30-35 minutes. There was a steady stream of people arriving behind us, and then wait quickly grew to 35-40 minutes, then 40-45.

Now, I may not have heard this conversation correctly, but it sounded like a woman came up to the host stand right after the wait jumped to 45 minutes and said "I have a reservation."

Host: we don't take reservations, the wait is 45-50 minutes.

Then she left.

Now I think that this woman - who had been in line and heard then wait time grow and grow - tried to pull a fast one.

But the host was juggling the phone so I may have misinterpreted. However, the jaded side of me thinks she was pulling a fast one.