Totally see your point. I did feel terrible at the time. But it turned out she had a history: she was a regular who sent sent servers back and forth to the microwave because she couldn't drink coffee from the pot like everyone else (including refills), barely ate anything and tipped very poorly. From the staff…

My first restaurant job was at the Marie Callenders next to the Santa Anita racetrack. I was 15, very meek and sheltered. There were a lot of oddball regulars who came in every day to have pie and coffee and look at their racing forms. One day I waited on this crabby old gal who told me her coffee wasn't hot enough. I…

In college I worked at an Italian place that did a lot of banquet business. There was a parking lot next to it that belonged to another business. There were signs all over the lot, including in front of every single parking space, that parking was reserved for employees of Business X, restaurant patrons should park…

Someone gave my sister the complete set of these. She gave them to me when I had a baby. I tried to read them to my daughter but quickly realized they made no fucking sense whatsoever. I tired of paraphrasing on the fly and gave them all back to my sister. Must have been some good hash going around...

Anyone else notice the song playing in the background? Golden.