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AFRAID OF DISABLED PEOPLE?????????????????????


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SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE MISSED MY BLOG THAT I AM WAITING ON THE STATE OF KENTUCKY TO "GRANT" ME MY REAL ESTATE LICENSE****WHICH I SO RICHLY DESERVE*******, BUT UNTIL THEN I GOT A JOB AS A WAITRESS. I HAVEN'T WORKED IN THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY IN ABOUT TEN YEARS, BUT IT IS ALL COMING BACK TO ME, ***ALL OF IT******

 

 

I HAD FORGOTTEN THAT WHEN I LEFT THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS AS A GENERAL MANAGER, THERE WERE MANY SERVERS WHO DIDN'T.......****WOULDN'T***** WAIT ON "HANDICAPPED PEOPLE" IT MADE THEM "NERVOUS". THIS ALWAYS MADE ME ANGRY, SO, WHEN I WOULD SEE SOMEONE OBVIOUSLY "DISABLED", AND WE ALSO HAD MANY REGULARS I'D CALL "A LITTLE OFF", I'D JUST GRAB AN APRON AND GO WAIT ON THEM MYSELF. THANGS THEY HAVEN'T "ACHANGED."

 

 

I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN WORKING HERE TWO WEEKS YET AND ALREADY SEE IT. I HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN OUT OF "TRAINING"YET, IE: LEARNING THEIR CRAZY WAY OF WRITING CODES ON TICKETS, BUT I STILL SAID, "OK, I CAN TAKE TWO TABLES, TILL I GET USED TO IT". THE AVERAGE TABLE LOAD HERE IS 6-8 TABLES. THIS IS GOING TO TICK SOME OFF AS IT DID ME WAY WAY WAY BEFORE I BECAME "DISABLED", IT STILL GALLS ME.

 

TODAY, THE SEATING HOSTESS CAME AND GOT ME AND SAID...." I JUST SAT YOU AN ELDERLY COUPLE. HE HAS HOOKS FOR HANDS AND SHE IS BLIND, IS THAT OK, SO AND SO WAS UP TO BE SEATED, BUT SHE DOESN'T LIKE WAITING ON THEM". I WAS ******SO ANNOYED IT WAS BEYOND BELIEF. I THEN SAID" JULIE, SEAT ME EVERY VISIBLY HANDICAPPED PERSON AND ALL THE "STRANGE ONES" NO ONE WANTS, ALL DAY LONG PLEASE. SHE DID. MY STATION ( MY TWO LITTLE TABLES) WERE ALWAYS FULL.

 

ANYWAY, I GOT TO KNOW MR AND MRS JONES AND LEARNED SHE LOST ONE EYE TO GLAUCOMA, AND THE OTHER TO THE RAVAGES OF OPTIC NERVE INJURY FROM A STROKE YEARS AGO. SHE HAS ONE ARTIFICIAL EYE AND A PROSTHEIC ONE ON HER GLASSES. MR JONES LOST HIS HANDS IN WW2. OF COURSE I TOLD THEM ABOUT ME. I TOLD HER I DIDN'T WANT TO "BABY HER" BUT WOULD, WITH HER PERMISSION, MOVE HER HANDS TO WHERE I PLACED ITEMS SO SHE WOULDN'T KNOCK THEM OVER.

 

MR JONES SAYS" TAKES A LOAD OFF MY DUTY FOR TODAY", JOKINGLY OF COURSE. I TOUCHED HIS HOOKS WHEN NEEDED, TO TO HELP HIM WITH HIS COFFEE, DIDN'T BOTHER ME IN THE LEAST. HE EATS QUITE WELL BY HIMSELF I MIGHT ADD, NO HELP NEEDED FROM ME. THEY WERE A JOY.

 

THEN THERE WAS MR FISHER. HE ONLY HAS ONE ARM.HE LOST IT IN VIETNAM. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. I JUST ASKED, HOW ID YOU LOSE YOUR ARM? HE DIDN'T MIND TELLING, SEEMED TO WANT TO RATHER THAN ME IGNORE IT.

 

 

THEN THERE WAS MR AND MRS HOPKINS. SHE IS IN A WHEELCHAIR AND ON OXYGEN DUE TO A STROKE. OF COURSE I HAD TO ASK AND THEN CHIME IN AND SHE AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT. HERS AND MINE. THE MR SEEMED HAPPY HE COULD EAT IN PEACE. MRS HOPKINS IS A "TALKER". LOL.

 

 

THEN THERE WERE SEVERAL " STRANGE ONES" I HAVEN'T FIGURED THEM ALL OUT YET, BUT IN THE FEW MONTHS I PLAN TO BE THERE, I WILL. PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE AND ALL DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT. NO ONE WANTS TO BE "IGNORED" AND MADE TO FEEL THAT SOMEONE( ESPECIALLY A WAITRESS) DOESN'T "NOTICE" THEY HAVE A DISABILTY. THEY DON'T WANT "SPECIAL" TREATMENT, ONLY WHAT ANYONE WANTS. ATTENTION AND RESPECT.

 

 

BTW, WHEN ALL THE GIRLS AND GUYS WERE COUNTING THEIR MONEY IN THE BREAK ROOM, THEY WERE ALL SO CURIOUS AS TO WHAT I "MADE" AS I WAS COUNTING A WAD. THEY AVERAGED 25-40$ WITH A FULL SECTION. I MADE $52. GO FIGURE. I DIDN'T DO THAT FOR THE MONEY, I DO IT BECAUSE I TRULY CARE ABOUT PEOPLE AND ALWAYS WILL. IF IT HELPS ME EARN MORE MONEY, SO BE IT. I AM VERY SINCERE AND I GUESS IT SHOWS.

 

KIM

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Cool blog entry, Kim! You go, girl!!!!!!

 

 

Jean

 

P.S. We always tip extra well, too, when we get someone who is comfortable with Don's wheelchair and aphasia.

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WAY TO GO GIRL.......

Somepeople seem to treat handicapped people a if they were contagious. Frosts my cookies too.....

 

Bonnie

 

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IF ONLY THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN THE WORLD THINK WHAT A LOVELY PLACE IT WOULD BE!!!

 

CONGRATS FOR TREATING EVERYONE WITH THE DIGNITY WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO BE TREATED WITH. I'M KINDA SORRY YOU'LL BE MOVING TO R.E. BUT I HOPE YOU WILLBE ABLE TO HELP OTHER "DISABLED" PEOPLE IN THAT FIELD IN THE SAME WAY....

 

YES, YESTERDAY, I BROUGHT IN MY DAUGHTER FOR THE STREP TEST AND MY VOICE IS OFF SOMETIMES FROM MY STROKE AND THE NURSE THOUGHT MAYBE I HAD STREP TOO AND THEN OFCOURSE HAD TO EXPLAIN WHY MY VOICE SOUNDED THE WAY IT DID AND WAS SURPRISED SHE DIDN'T GET THE OLD "OH YOU'VE LOST A FEW MARBLES" LOOK i'VE COME TO EXPECT IF I "OUT" MYSELF. KINDA SAD THAT I HAVE TO BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WHEN I'M NOT BEING TREATED LIKE I'M A NIMROD;) LIKE I'VE HAD HAPPEN SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST

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Kim,

 

Since Gary and I eat out often, we have had more than our share of "bad" waitresses who are hesitant to return to our table once they've taken the order and delivered it. I don't return to those places that treat us as "undesireables." Gary usually picks up on it right away!!!!

 

In fact, I've often thought about going back just for spite and request a "decent" waitress for a change, tell them I don't want the one with her hair hanging in my food, or the short, rude one who carries the plates out on her big belly that makes her look 12 months pregnant, or the one with gobs of makeup and greasy hair. I just want a waitress who will treat us the same as they treat their other customers......they don't have to stop to ask questions or visit, just show up once in a while to see if I need a refill on my iced tea or some extra napkins.

 

Sarah

 

 

 

 

 

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Kim,

You are worth your weight in gold. We have had the all the other waitress you speak about including this past weekend. We need more like you.

Lynn

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Kim,

I always took on the more challenging customers.... especially the nasty hard to please ones. I learned a long time ago, they are people too, it just takes a bit more effort to draw out their softer side. Besides I always had lots more fun with the difficult ones and I never lacked in decent tips.

Pam

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Gee, you'd think we are lepers. Thank goodness you were given the job. Fortunately, whoever hired you understands - even if you were the "one" hired to show they don't discriminate.

 

I hope you continue to make a bundle. Maybe that way the others will understand- unfortunately for the wrong reason though. In a way, this is as much a part of "the stroke story" as warnings of how to notice one. I wonder how many jobs that I didn't get because I "was a little different" have been given to those who weren't as qualified or do as good a job as I would do because they weren't "different"

 

Thank you for the lesson you're teaching to the "real losers". Who knows it's said "what goes around comes around" (duh, sr. moment, or the reverse?)

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Kim, I'm very proud of you.

Outstanding Service, I wish there were many more like you, I'd eat out more often. I have observed the same nasty treatments by some waiters and waitresses at Red Lobster, while others are like you, they cater to their customers and their Tips are well deserved.

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