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nasty surprises!
Just an unpleasant note about people who leave you nasty surprises. I usually get sucker punched into cleaning tables for the waiters/waitresses during my shift because they either get too busy or too lazy. However, on several occasions I have found some nasty surprises that customers decided to leave for everyone's enjoyment.
Case #1 - The bratty children who decide they are bored while waiting for their food and their drink isn't quite as tasty as they would like. So, they decide to break all the crayons we provide them in a little cup and then pour a little bit of their drink into the broken crayons. Crayon soup makes me a little bitter, because I'm the one who doesn't get to go home until every container (there's about 20 of them) has exactly the right number of crayons. I'm also the one who inconviently sticks my hand in there on regular occasion because I'm in a hurry and don't want to make the extra trip back to pick up the crayon cups.
Case #2 - Syrup on the table, but in places where you wouldn't expect it to be. For example, when you lift up the sugar container to wipe underneath it and discover it's been superglued to the table by a whole container of syrup. Enough said.
Case #3 - The old man who pees himself while waiting for his table. I know it can't be helped sometimes, and I am completely understanding of any medical condition of any sort that might cause this. However, there was a man in his mid-70s who used to come in regularly and pee himself every time. I know this might be a medical condition, but he was definately hitting on the waitresses with the veracity of a younger man. All in all, not appealing. And of course, I get to clean it up. Or listen to old ladies very slyly come up to me and whisper "I think there's urine on that chair over there." I would calmly reply, "It is urine, and someone is going to take care of it." The only good thing to come out of this nasty surprise is that it acts as a cranky old woman repellant. You so much as say the word "urine" to them and they go silent and slink back off to whatever corner they were lurking in.
Case #4 - (the best of all, and my personal favorite) The old people who leave barfy napkins on the table. They get up and act polite, but then when you go to clear their table you find their disgusting and rainbow colored surprise. I've seen multiple incidents with this one, and this is the nastiest surprise of all. Who wants to lift up a napkin (or worse, smash it in their palm) and have barf oooze everywhere? It was the most disgusting thing I've seen in a while, and the worst part is that this isn't a rare occurance.
Case #1 - The bratty children who decide they are bored while waiting for their food and their drink isn't quite as tasty as they would like. So, they decide to break all the crayons we provide them in a little cup and then pour a little bit of their drink into the broken crayons. Crayon soup makes me a little bitter, because I'm the one who doesn't get to go home until every container (there's about 20 of them) has exactly the right number of crayons. I'm also the one who inconviently sticks my hand in there on regular occasion because I'm in a hurry and don't want to make the extra trip back to pick up the crayon cups.
Case #2 - Syrup on the table, but in places where you wouldn't expect it to be. For example, when you lift up the sugar container to wipe underneath it and discover it's been superglued to the table by a whole container of syrup. Enough said.
Case #3 - The old man who pees himself while waiting for his table. I know it can't be helped sometimes, and I am completely understanding of any medical condition of any sort that might cause this. However, there was a man in his mid-70s who used to come in regularly and pee himself every time. I know this might be a medical condition, but he was definately hitting on the waitresses with the veracity of a younger man. All in all, not appealing. And of course, I get to clean it up. Or listen to old ladies very slyly come up to me and whisper "I think there's urine on that chair over there." I would calmly reply, "It is urine, and someone is going to take care of it." The only good thing to come out of this nasty surprise is that it acts as a cranky old woman repellant. You so much as say the word "urine" to them and they go silent and slink back off to whatever corner they were lurking in.
Case #4 - (the best of all, and my personal favorite) The old people who leave barfy napkins on the table. They get up and act polite, but then when you go to clear their table you find their disgusting and rainbow colored surprise. I've seen multiple incidents with this one, and this is the nastiest surprise of all. Who wants to lift up a napkin (or worse, smash it in their palm) and have barf oooze everywhere? It was the most disgusting thing I've seen in a while, and the worst part is that this isn't a rare occurance.
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