An Uneventful Mother's Day.....

I’d have to say every restaurant looks forward to Mother’s Day as the busiest day of the year. However this year, was different. I saw some postings on Facebook, of servers complaining that they had to work, and didn’t make as much money as was anticipated. Neither did we. Of course it didn’t help that it was a picture perfect day outside, one of the best so far this spring.


The day started out busy, with those wanting to catch a brunch and quaff down Mimosa’s and Bloody Mary’s. I find it interesting that as soon as the brunch crowd slows down, so does the drinking. By mid-afternoon, we were totally in the doldrums. I went for 45 minutes at a stretch without pouring a single drink.  I polished bottles that didn't need it, scrubbed sinks, did a few laps around the restaurant.  The staff was gathered in some clusters here and there, talking, waiting to get busy again. It never really happened. There were no walk-ins, and not all the reservations showed up. It was jut too nice outside. I don’t blame them, had I not been working, I believe I would’ve have parked myself on the deck and enjoyed the day.

A few servers were cut from the floor and got to leave much earlier than they had anticipated. The rest of us milled about waiting for the 5:00 reservations to show up. We gathered in various places around the restaurant in groups of 4 or 5, talked a little (a lot of the conversation was about what we would be doing if we weren’t there) moved around, regrouped…..got a head start on our clean up…..regrouped yet again…..doing whatever we could to pass the time…and then it dawned on me…this day could’ve been a lot worse. But, we all genuinely like each other, the conversation is as varied as the personalities that work there….and we were all stuck there together….so we all passed the time together, and that’s a pretty cool thing. Camaraderie rocks.