You're ONLY impressing yourself......

With the exception of Monday, my week has not gone as planned, at all. As I mentioned yesterday, I got called into work on Tuesday, ran up and down the stairs a million times. See, On Monday, I did a heavy duty leg workout at the gym. Tuesday was supposed to be my recuperation day, but it wasn’t. Wednesday I wasn’t supposed to work until 4:00 p.m., however I got called in again, to work the lunch shift, which meant I had to work a double. Again, not the week I had planned after working my stretch of 13 days in a row.

So between the workout, the stairs and the double, my legs are shot. I can’t remember the last time they were this sore.

I had some errands I had to run yesterday, so my co-worker (who was not working a double) told me to go ahead and leave as soon as it slowed down. Cool. Of course I got all the tables that decided to camp out. However two of the tables, paid their bills, and just sat and talked. That’s okay, now all I have to do is cash out the third one, and then I’m good to go.

I dropped off the check, it was inside the little black check presenter book we put them in, went back a few minutes later, asked “Is this ready for me?” Little did I know I was dealing with Queen Upherbutt. She looked up and said in a rather indignant manner, “I haven’t even looked at it yet.”

So in a grand gesture, she opened up the book, looked at the check, and left it sitting there open. Okay, I get it, you’re on your power trip…you‘re very impressed with yourself. I know, I know, you’ll pay when you are damn good and ready. Really, what’s the big deal? Just pay the check. All the other tables did, and then they sat and talked. But not you, you’re gonna make me wait. Sure, I could try explaining that I need to cash out and leave, because I have a limited amount of time to get a few things done before I have to work the next shift….but due to your lack of common sense and social graces, it would probably just make you more indignant. After all, in your eyes, we’re not really people.

After 30 minutes of waiting for you to cash out, I chose Option B. I transferred the check to the other server and told him to keep the tip as payment for resetting my last two tables. An hour later, the other server sent me a text saying they finally cashed out.

So, you made yourself happy with your ”power” statement, and impressed yourself with your uppity attitude. Let me tell you what you told the rest of the world, what a sad life you must lead when you have to resort to rudeness and arrogance to make yourself happy.

Every server in the world knows what I’m talking about. And because of her ignorance, Queen Upherbutt, will never “get it.”