I Didn’t Hear Him Say Hi. So Sue Me.
Last night at work, I was serving another one of those douchebag families with a couple of douchebag kids that seemed to always cross the line between “precocious” and “arrogant little shit”.
Backstory: The mother ordered not one, not two, not three but FOUR FRICKIN’ DRINKS AT THE SAME TIME. All you other servers know about the “Multiple-Drink-Orderer”. Usually it’s only two…maybe three drinks. Oh no. This bitch was working overtime: Water. Diet Coke. Sweet Tea. Sayonara (rum-based speciality drink). Even the kids ordered three drinks each. That’s how frickin’ above everyone else these people were.
Anyway, I’m done taking their drink orders and start back to the kitchen to get the THIRTEEN DRINKS FOR THE FAMILY OF FOUR when the mother turns around and shrieks, “Excuse me!?”
Me: “Oh…I’m sorry ma’am? I didn’t…uh…”
Her: “How dare you ignore my child like that.”
Me: “Ummm…ignore? He wanted the shirley temple, water and…”
Her: “No, smart ass. He said, ‘Hi’ to you and you just ignored him!”
Me: “Oh. Well, hello there.”
Her: “It’s too late now. The moment is gone.”
“The moment is gone”? “Smart ass”? What the hell? Where do you people come from?
February 17th, 2007 at 5:26
they come form hell my friend, hell.
February 18th, 2007 at 12:07
You know I had a comment for this but…the moment is gone.
LOL!!!
February 18th, 2007 at 5:39
Seems that the parent’s the problem, not the kid. The tyke was just being friendly, it’s parents who believe that their children are entitled NOT ONLY to every courtesy, but also to have the world hang on their every word that create monsters.
I haven’t yet ventured into the waiting industry, but I’ve worked coffee for a number of years, and it’s the opposite side of the spectrum. I can say hello until I turn blue in the face, but as far as some people are concerned, my only purpose is to take their money, give them change, and sling them steaming hot addiction. Conversation is NOT part of the deal.
Love the site.
February 19th, 2007 at 12:47
Draw comfort from that people ultimately get what they deserve. Whatever character defects are causing these people to act like this (and raise their children the same way), will cause them (unless they are EXTREMELY attractive or HIGHLY SKILLED in an in demand area) to be punished by the world.