When you own a busy restaurant, faster table turnover means higher revenue, moving more customers in and out of the door during peak hours. But at the same time, you don’t want customers to feel like they’re being rushed. The trick is to get those tables turned faster without seeming inhospitable; nobody likes being shooed out the door while enjoying that last bite of dessert. Arizona Culinary Institute instructor Jim Baker says that he thinks of the tables as real estate.