I needed a good laugh and these little stories did the trick! Thanks.

Jean

kristen!!!!

that is so funny!!!!! i managed a family restaurant for 5 years and also worked in others through high school and college, so i am WELL aware of your anecdotes!!!!! have you ever noticed when you ask people if they would like a dessert that they ALWAYS LAUGH!!!!! it is NOT a funny question.

and another "bubble i LOVED to burst"

when a woman wants EVERYONE to know she is "dieting" ALL OTHER GUESTS AT THE TABLE HAVE ORDERED REGULAR LUNCHES AND SHE IS THE " HOLD UP" on and on about the "diet". THEN she will order a chef salad. OUR chefs are enough for two people, containing cheese, eggs, 6 oz of bbq meat, etc, and to top it off, she will order BLUE CHEESE, OR THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING, AND ALWAYS AN EXTRA ONE.

she's REAL proud of herself, enter kim. "mam, i couln't help but hear you mention you are on a diet. what you just orderded has more sugar, fat and calories than anything your party has ordered, thought you should know that" ( pretending to be nice, lol) that was my favorite bubble buster.

ya know, there are HUNDREDS of funny stories when dealing with the public, thanks for helping me remember some!!!!!

kim

Kim reminded me of the diet stories.

I worked 3 years at an A&W / Long John Silvers. I used to wonder about the people who would order the fish basket (2 fish, large fries, and 2 huspuppies all cooked in greese) with 2 fish added and an extra order of hushpuppies, and to drink a diet coke.... is that diet coke really going to matter?!?

Michael

oh yeah,

and what about when you ask a patron" what would you like to drink"? and they say, "OH NOTHING, JUST WATER"

SINCE WHEN WAS WATER A SOLID??????????????????????????

KIM

When I waitressed, I always laughed to myself when the woman who had a diet coke with her broiled sole, no butter cause of the diet thing, would then talk someone into sharing Cheesecake or Rice Pudding with extra whip cream!!!!!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Pam

Hey, Hey, Hey all you former waitresses!!!!

I'm one of those people who would order the bacon cheesburger with a diet coke or split a strawberry shortcake with Don, but have water to cut a few calories out of my day. It's called choices and cutting down from what we'd normally do. Thos bottomless Coke glasses they give you in restaurants can add a lot of useless calories to your daily calorie count, especially if you eat out twice a day the way Don and I used to do.

Jean