This is really just ticket scalping for reservations. Yes, the restaurant could employ this themselves, however it's not going to benefit the consumer. Since it

This is really just ticket scalping for reservations. Yes, the restaurant could employ this themselves, however it's not going to benefit the consumer. Since it's gone mainstream (in terms of I'm a developer in New Zealand and my restaurateur friend already knows about it) - this is likely going to be trialed and implemented in a few places if it works out. It's already been introduced in bars and clubs as "bottle service", unfortunately you were just the guy who got caught up in the pitchfork-protests. As a consumer, I'd hate for this to become a thing. Likely it's only going to work in SF because of the amount of disposable income. In other parts of the world it may work, but I doubt it would become mainstream. Don't feel bad, this will blow over. Plenty of people have written and developed far more sinister applications that would have a far greater impact, but alas they didn't strike out. Hah, unfortunately for you, you got publicised pretty fast.