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Eight hours back, $62 a month
The owner of a lunch spot in Chicago has five staff. He spent about three hours each evening on admin. He updated the booking list. He replied to Google reviews. He sent confirmations for the next day. A consultant set up three small flows. Make and Claude read booking requests from messages and email. They check a Google Sheet and reply with a slot or other times. Zapier and ChatGPT draft review replies. The owner approves each reply with one tap. A daily run sends text confirmations at 6 PM. The figures are the consultant's report. The client is not named.
How it wentAbout 95 minutes came back each weeknight. That is just under eight hours a week. Total cost is $62 a month. The owner now leaves by 7 PM. He used to leave at 9:30 PM. All three flows ran without him within two weeks.
Try it · based on the source's workflow
Run the evening admin for [restaurant name]. Read new booking requests from [message channels]. Take the name, party size, and date. Check open slots in [availability sheet]. Reply with a confirmation or other times. When a new Google review arrives, draft a reply that names what the guest mentioned. Show me the draft. Send it only after I approve it. Each day at [time], send a text confirmation to tomorrow's bookings with the time and a reschedule link. Show me a summary each night.
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Eight hours back, $62 a month — from The SmallOffice Brief, a daily brief of real AI cases for small businesses: https://smalloffice.space/case-eight-hours-back-62-a-month