Post #223777 by tiki mick on Wed, Mar 29, 2006 12:16 PM

I feel your pain!

I was a waiter once, and there was this 8 year old boy screaming non-stop at the table, like a little girl. The yuppy father was just sitting there, obviously doing an object lesson by ignoring the child. Meanwhile, other customers were starting to get pissed off, and I was becoming crazy with that high-pitched keening myself. I walked by and gave the dad a "look", hoping he would get the hint that is was not cool to educate his child at the expense of all the other customer's sanity. As they were leaving, the dad makes a point of coming over to the waiter station and saying "do you have a problem" to me.

Man, I had to just take it. What I wanted to do really bad was grab him by the head and force his face into the deep fat fryer or on the grill maybe. Instead, I told him "no, no problem SIR, just wondering if everything was ok at your table"

Needless to say, with my attitude I was not much of a succesful tip earner.

I never believed that the meager 5 bucks the customer gives you buys them a slave or servant for however long they are there.