So, I finally went back to work today, after a week of the restaurant not having any power thanks to Ike. Thinking that MAYBE people will realize that the servers have pretty much been out of a job for a week, and thus tip a little higher to help out, I go in hopeful... Only to have my hopes smashed. Out of five or six tables, one table left a $10 on a $54 tab.... not bad... If the rest of my tips hadn't totalled out to $12 more.... I ended up with $22 before tipping my bar tender (as is customary) 10%.... Left there with $35 only because I was given $15 extra for coming in two hours early to help get everything ready.... One table in particular stands out. A little background? We are not a fast food restaurant. We are a made to order, old fashioned down home cooking place. Thus, it takes TIME to get your food! Especially when we have a bit of a rush.
So I take the order of these two older ladies, put it in the computer and go off to take care of my other customers... These ladies are waiting for ten, maybe fifteen minutes (a normal wait, even a little short in a rush), when I pass by, my hands full of dirty dishes from another table.
The older of the two ladies flags me down, and in a rude and I-demand-your-attention-right-this-second tone, says "Ma'am! We've been waiting forever! Where is our lunch?!"
Me: I was just going to check on it ma'am, as you can see we are a little busy... It shouldn't be much longer but I'm on my way now...
SC: Well we can't wait here all day! Are they even making it back there?!
Me: Yes ma'am... If you'll just be patient, I'll be right back.
I go in and of course, their food was the next coming off the grill.... Stupid women... And of course, on their $25 tab, they left $1.50.... ARGH
So I take the order of these two older ladies, put it in the computer and go off to take care of my other customers... These ladies are waiting for ten, maybe fifteen minutes (a normal wait, even a little short in a rush), when I pass by, my hands full of dirty dishes from another table.
The older of the two ladies flags me down, and in a rude and I-demand-your-attention-right-this-second tone, says "Ma'am! We've been waiting forever! Where is our lunch?!"
Me: I was just going to check on it ma'am, as you can see we are a little busy... It shouldn't be much longer but I'm on my way now...
SC: Well we can't wait here all day! Are they even making it back there?!
Me: Yes ma'am... If you'll just be patient, I'll be right back.
I go in and of course, their food was the next coming off the grill.... Stupid women... And of course, on their $25 tab, they left $1.50.... ARGH
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