Perhaps you've been part of a large group going out to eat together. You arrive at the restaurant, and they don't have a single table that can accommodate the whole group. The hostess asks you to wait for a moment, and she combines efforts with several of the servers to rearrange some of the vacant tables and chairs, pushing tables together to create one long table for your oversized party.
I recall several occasions when I have been part of such a group. I've even seen restaurants assign more than one server to our "table" because it has been so long and populated.