The bird incident.......

How did the bird get in the restaurant? We’re not really sure….a likely answer would be through one of the fireplace chimneys. Anyways…..

Three of us, myself and two servers were talking, when the hostess approached us and said there was a bird. Okay, where? By the glass. Okay, inside or outside? Inside. In the lobby. So we all went to check it out……and there it was, perched on the frame of the giant mirror in the lobby. It was about 4:30 in the afternoon and there was only one table in the restaurant, and they were two rooms away.

This little black bird was just sitting on the mirror frame, minding it’s own business, probably as confused as we were, as to how it got there. As one of the servers was walking towards it, I told her if she got the bird, I’d get the door for her. Which seemed like a good idea for all of us, since I really didn’t want to handle the bird, and most of the others seemed reluctant to do so, also.

It looked like this plan might be successful, but just as she was about to the grab the bird, it flew across the room to the big window in the front of the lobby. It was a quick little thing.  (Although it did bang into the window a little) Then two of them were trying to sneak up behind it and grab it before it flew away again. No luck.. This time it flew into the main dining room, and perched on the windows in the front of that room.

Then someone suggested we get a box. Okay, good idea. So the busboy went off in search of a box, someone else showed up with a to-go box. Nope, that’s not big enough. So they tried once again to sneak up on it at the front window. They came soooo close, it didn’t flap it’s wings until they almost had a hold of it. But now, it flew to the back of the dining room.  You really can't second guess these critters.  (I was very relieved it didn’t fly into the room where the guests were seated, we would’ve looked like idiots chasing around after it.)

The busboy reappeared with a box. The server took it from him, and within about 30 seconds had the bird in the box. (Nice work) She took the box outside and set the bird free.

Other than the bird chasing incident, it was a very uneventful night. Oh well, at least we had that to talk about.