Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Tables you want to avoid.....

Every now and then you are going to get some tables that you not only want to avoid, but eventually it becomes necessary that you DO avoid these tables.


I had a table of two sweet little old ladies the other night…..they told me how they hadn’t been out to eat together in a really long, so I can only imagine how much they had to talk about. That’s fine….take your time….enjoy your chat…..however, they seemed to want to include me in the chat.

I started out by asking them if they would like a glass of wine….yes, one ordered wine….but the didn’t want wine because she had a scratchy throat and a cough, and then wanted to explain about how long she had had the cough, what she thought had caused her current condition, what she thought she should do about it….etc….etc…..etc….. I finally had to cut in and tell her she needed tea, with whiskey and honey. She thought that was a splendid idea……whew…..that gave me an escape route. But, I had to bring the drinks back to the table….which opened up another conversation I did not have the time to participate in. So, how to avoid the table without seeming rude, next time you have o go back there, have items on your tray for more than one table, drop their stuff off first, and if they try getting long winded again, just look at your tray and tell them you have to go drop this off at another table…then take the long way around so you don’t have to pass by their table too closely.

Don’t be upset, this isn’t rude, ignoring all your other customers would be rude….this is simply a matter of time conservation.

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