Man…I’m so tired but still grateful for the chance to serve people as a waitress and treat them like stars.
I made hella cash last night. Only one table got rowdy with me and that’s cuz I told the man to keep his little $2 tip.
“Why you actin like that?” he asked me.
“If you’re only giving me $2 then that means I didn’t serve you well. You can come back and let me try again,” I explained.
“But I want you to have it.”
“I don’t want it. It’s for you.”
“No. You keep it. Obviously you didn’t like my service.”
“Well, you did make me wait 45 minutes for my wings.”
“I made you wait? Am I the one cooking?”
“Do you remember what I did for you last week?” He asked me.
“Huh?”
“I bought you dinner.”
“So?! You act like you paid my car note! Don’t be trying me like you did me a favor! Ughh!”
And this other table was this couple and from the jump, the chick was getting flip with me. So I said, “Ok, seems like you have a problem and I just got here. I can go get you another server because you have an attitude and I can have an attitude too so this won’t be a good experience for either of us,” I said firmly.
They apologized and told me they wanted me to be their server. Then the chick starts flirting HARD telling me how beautiful I am and asking questions like “Do you have a smoking section?” just to get me to come back to their table. She went so HARD, HARDER than any man who has ever approached me. And she was cute too so…I flirted back. LOL!
The best thing about tonight was the fact that another server made TWO tips that were over $30. I still haven’t done that yet. She was all happy and bouncing around all night. After our shift was replaced by the morning crew, 3 of us graveyard servers were sitting in the back rolling our silverware and she was simply glowing.
“Well tell me what you did differently tonight,” I asked her.
“Girl, it was YOU! I used your line. You know how you told me to smile when I greeted them and ask them how their day was…It WORKED!”
I’m glad I could help her. She said she really needed the money and now she could help her Mama out with some of her extra bills.
I’m glad I could be a good influence.
~sigh~ i’m enjoying this season of my life…at the same time I know nothing lasts forever and I’m curious to see when and how everything is going to change for me. Maybe this time next year I won’t have to be a server anymore. Maybe something BIG will happen for me in the new year. Maybe something miraculous. Who knows… I’ll just continue to sow good seeds, give creative inspiration every chance I get and watch it all come back to me.
I love my life! I am so glad to be alive.