Was yesterday really Tuesday?

The reason I ask if yesterday was really a Tuesday, is because we were unusually busy for it being so early in the week. I mean, it started out as any other weekday does….we find ourselves meandering around for a while….stopping here and there to have a quick conversation….sampling the soup…grabbing a piece of bread…one of the servers called off sick…(that should have been our first clue)…and then wham!

We had two small parties and a wine tasting marketplace…(in the lounge)…..meaning, for $5.00 you can try 5 different wines and have some cheese and crackers. Not a bad deal.

Between the two parties and the dining room filling up, the servers were spread pretty thin. Then the bar filled up for happy hour, that’s a good thing….and then folks started coming on for the wine tasting. I didn’t think I was going to have anything to do with that, then I found out I had to collect their money for the tasting and give them their “ticket .” For those wishing to purchase wine, I had to add up their bills (and once again I was amazed at people’s inability to do simple math) and cash them out. I know it doesn’t sound like any big deal, and it’s not, but add to that the fact that I had to take care of any of those at lounge tables who also wanted to order food. Plus the service bar was busy with the parties and regular diners.

So we all had our roller skates on, (figuratively, not literally, or I’d probably be in the hospital right now) and we smoothly sailed through the evening. There was only one minor glitch. A table of four came in to take advantage of happy hour, then when they were ready to cash out, informed the server that they had a coupon. Sorry, you can use the coupon OR take advantage of the happy hour prices, but you can’t have it both ways. So they decided to use the coupon, which meant the server had to re-do the bill. Of course this happened when we were at our busiest, without a second to spare. But then this could’ve been avoided had they simply thought to ask if they could use the coupon AND get happy hour prices at the start. Ya gotta love the way people pull these coupons outta their ass at the last minute, like they forgot about it.