I have not done any extensive traveling...therefore I do not know the customs of different countries and cultures.....however I do know that when you are presented with a charge slip to sign....and there is also a pen to sign it with....that the pen does not belong to anyone but the server....It's my pen!!!!!It's not the fact that they are cheap and easily replaced...(I get them at the dollar store)...it's a matter of, it's MY pen!!!!!!! I shouldn't....NONE of us should have to run and buy pens everyday.....how would they like it if I took a shoe? "How am I supposed to get to my car without a shoe?" "How am I supposed to write down the next dumbass order without a pen?"
I had a table of twelve businessmen from Japan.....they were here for the auto show. (This is metro Detroit, the auto show starts here) these particular gentlemen wanted everything on one tab...then they wanted it divided by twelve...so they could each use their own credit card. Sweet. Gotta love those separate checks. So we print out twelve checks...put them in twelve separate check presenters...and put out as many pens as we can. When all was said and done...and they were gone...the server with whom I was working went and gathered up all twelve of the check presenters...and set them in a neat stack next to me. As I was going through them, I realized there was now a severe pen shortage.
"Hey Amber! Where's the rest of my pens?"
"I brought them all to you."
"There were 8 pens! There's only one here!
"That's all they left."
Oh c'mon!!! They were cheap-ass pens...the caps weren't even on them!!!! (I hope they leak in their pockets) As I stated before.....I do not know the customs of different cultures.....Perhaps the stealing of pens is a rite of passage where they come from. Whatever.....back to the dollar store.....
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