Over 400 blogs, and people still amaze me.....

Yes, I have written over 400 blogs in the last two years…..so I took a bit a of a vacation. I have a lot of other stuff going on now, that I wasn’t doing when I started writing these blogs. But, people, being people, still amaze me.

Like the last funeral luncheon I worked…..there were 110 guests. Since we had four functions going on that day, this one was in the main dining room, with the buffet being set up in the lounge. (It was the only place we could fit it in.) I had just finished talking with the gentleman who was in charge, he was going to say a few words, and then have someone else say “Grace.” He also wanted another beer. So I told him I’d get his beer and then we’d get everyone’s attention, he could speak, and then we’d start lunch.

Imagine my surprise when I walked into the lounge to get his beer, and saw about a dozen folks in line at the buffet, having taken it upon themselves to remove the lids from the chafing pans, and commence loading up their plates. I looked at them, stared for a moment, and then told them, “They will be saying “Grace” in a minute“, and continued staring. (Kind of like the “Mom stare.”) I’m sorry, but this utter lack of class deserved something. They did stop filling their plates, until I went around the corner. Okay, that was a first. I’ve had people ask me when they were going to be eating, but never taken it upon themselves to just start.

At 3:45 p.m., the boss asked me if the dining room would be ready to seat at 4:00 p.m., as we had a reservation coming in. I took a peek out there and told him, “Not gonna happen. We’re going to have to seat them in the lounge, that’s all cleaned up and back to normal.”

It took us until 5:00 to get the dining room reset…..which led right into the evening bar shift….which made this the second day in a row that I worked an 11 hour, no break shift. I was a lot tired after that.