I was chatting with one of my co-workers after my shift the other day, and in the course of the conversation, she related the stroy of the ONE jub she was fired from.
She used to work at a seafood restaurant that had a walk-up window where you could get - among other things - soft serve ice cream cones. So she's working the window when a guy comes up and asks for an ice cream cone - in French. Keep in mind that this is in the gool ol' USA, and not near any part of the country where you might expect people to speak French. Spanish I could understand, but French?
Anyway, she spoke enough French to understand what he wanted, and to ask him what kind. (Chocolate, vanilla, or twist?) He then proceeds to change his mind multiple times. So many times that she had to throw away no less than five twist cones (she explained that if it was a chocolate or vanilla only cone, she could dump most of it back in the tanks, but that a twist had to be tossed). Five. By the time he finally made up his mind for real, she had lost all patience with him, and immediately after handing him his change (having wished she could charge him for all the wasted ice cream), she overturned the cone and smacked it down onto his hand!
"Good day to you sir, enjoy your ice cream," she told him. THen immedaitely turned away.
Unfortuantely, her boss had seen the whole thing, and although he understood her frustration, he still canned her on the spot. Despite that, she said it felt damn good, and she wasn't unhappy to leave that particular job.
I just wish I had been there to see it happen
She used to work at a seafood restaurant that had a walk-up window where you could get - among other things - soft serve ice cream cones. So she's working the window when a guy comes up and asks for an ice cream cone - in French. Keep in mind that this is in the gool ol' USA, and not near any part of the country where you might expect people to speak French. Spanish I could understand, but French?
Anyway, she spoke enough French to understand what he wanted, and to ask him what kind. (Chocolate, vanilla, or twist?) He then proceeds to change his mind multiple times. So many times that she had to throw away no less than five twist cones (she explained that if it was a chocolate or vanilla only cone, she could dump most of it back in the tanks, but that a twist had to be tossed). Five. By the time he finally made up his mind for real, she had lost all patience with him, and immediately after handing him his change (having wished she could charge him for all the wasted ice cream), she overturned the cone and smacked it down onto his hand!
"Good day to you sir, enjoy your ice cream," she told him. THen immedaitely turned away.
Unfortuantely, her boss had seen the whole thing, and although he understood her frustration, he still canned her on the spot. Despite that, she said it felt damn good, and she wasn't unhappy to leave that particular job.
I just wish I had been there to see it happen
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