Priya and Nikhil, Sunday lunch
Priya and Nikhil had three hours. They spent one of them at the door.
“Sunday. One-fifteen p.m. The menu arrived with the apology.”
Priya and Nikhil had three hours on Sunday afternoon before his parents arrived. They wanted biryani. Their usual place is twelve minutes away on a good day. On Sundays it’s a good day in the kitchen and a bad day at the door.
They put their name on the list at 1:15 p.m. They were told forty-five minutes. At 2:05 p.m. the host called out a different name. At 2:22 p.m. another. At 2:30 p.m. the menus arrived at their chairs — eighty minutes after they put their name down.
This is why we built InTimeQ.
Priya and Nikhil now join the restaurant’s queue while they’re still at home. They drive when they’re six ahead. They arrive to a table, not a menu of apologies.
Sunday is not meant to be waiting.