Had a reservation for 4pm on a Saturday afternoon ...

Had a reservation for 4pm on a Saturday afternoon to celebrate my best friend s upcoming wedding. We had to wait until 4:45pm to sit down because our table wasn t ready yet. Still, there was an entirely empty room with plenty of seating. We had also made the reservation the week before. We had to look at the menus standing up in the corridor so that when we sat down, we could order immediately. We had to rush through our tea because we had a later engagement we had to get to. My egg sandwich also had clumps of eggshell in it. I ordered the Buckingham Palace tea, but the Queen would be horrified to have her afternoon tea here!