Today we visited Pinky's for lunch as we occasionally do on the Sunday's that my husband works. It is one of the few areas on the Westside for us to enjoy a family meal while he is working. We arrived a little after Pinky's opened. When we were greeted, we told the hostess that we had four in our group. She asked if everyone was here. I told her that my husband was on his way and would be arriving shortly. She said we would have to wait. I try to never use his job as an excuse or reason for anything. But as the place was filling up as it always does because it is a great restaurant; I let her know he was a police officer and was on a call and had limited time to eat. She again stated she couldn't seat us. I then said well then there are three of us and we were seated. We ordered our food and ordered for him so his food would be ready when he arrived. While waiting, our 10 year old noticed that there were several large tables being sat that only two or three in the party were preset. I approached the hostess and asked her why this was. She got defensive and pointed to a sign stating the rule is the party isn't seated until everyone is preset. I asked why the large parties were different. She stated they were there when the restaurant opened. I let her know we were as well. When I asked her why she was dismissive to law enforcement, she ignored me and asked did I want to speak to a manager. I declined and let her know we would let the law enforcement and emergency services community be aware of this. I know rules are rules and I want to follow those but how is this restaurant being consistent about their own policy. I would never have said anything.had they not broken their own policy. If you are going to have a rule, be consistent.