The First Entry
As I left work tonight I was inspired to start a blog. This coming year will be my last year in college and (the good Lord-willing) my last year waiting tables. Although the good outweighs the bad on the whole, there is still at least one cringe-worthy moment per each shift. Like tonight."Welcome to The Steakhouse. My name is Cel and I'll be taking care of you tonight. What can I get everyone to drink this evening?"
"The kids will have Shirley Temples, she'll have water, and I'll have another beer," overbearing father said.
Oh, geez. It's 9:30 and he wants the two little ones to have sugar water? Ah, father knows best! "Very good, sir. Would you like to start this evening with an appetizer to share?" I asked.
"Yes," he said. "We'd like to start out with that free bread."
Of course, the "free bread" was exactly the appetizer I was suggesting. It is definitely time for me to be cut.
"But Daddy," the little girl interrupted, "I want hot chocolate!"
"Me too!" the little boy said.
Are you serious, I thought. Hot chocolate in June? I'm about 1000% sure management is not stocking hot chocolate in the summer. The bad thing is, I have to actually now go look for hot chocolate. I work in one of those restaurants where we're expected to go above and beyond to make the customers happy. The idea is that the restaurant will do anything humanly possible, even if it's not on the menu, to keep the guest happy. However, the flip side is that the customer gets charged for whatever special circumstances they are requesting. Which, of course, is bad news for the servers. Everyone enjoys being catered to, but no one wants to pay extra for it, so tips suffer.
"Do you have hot chocolate?" the mom asked.
"Hmm, I know we have it in the winter, so I'll go to the back and check," I replied. "If we don't have the hot chocolate, would the Shirley Temples still be ok?"
"Of course," the dad said, "just get it as fast as possible because they are so thirsty."
"Yes sir," I said with a smile. "I'll be right back."
Truthfully, I do believe in doing what it takes to the best of your ability, so I went on the hunt for the hot chocolate. After a lengthy search and several co-workers laughing in my face, I came up with no hot chocolate.
Sugar water it was!
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