Reinvention tastes like this:

Tie me down, I'll fly away,
Clip my wings, I'll hobble to freedom.
Knock me down, and I'll get up again.

Saturday, December 10, 2011

My luckiest day

I love my life, let me explain. Yesterday was by far my luckiest day ever, it began like any other day, I grumbled about having to work a double and get up so early, I went to my first shift and it was normal, normal tips, normal tables, nothing crazy. Second shift? Fucking A. My first table of 2nd shift were these 2 engineers, picture it, 2 nerdy middle-aged guys talking about nothing but engineering stuff for like 3 hours. Yes, they stayed for 3 hours, if you serve, that's a nightmare, but thankfully, they didn't sit in my section. Hell Yea. I had these guys eating out of my hand, plus they were awesome people, and they tipped 30 dollars on a 20 dollar meal and told my manager how awesome I am. I had another table, a lady and her two kids. One kid was between 10-12 and I absolutely loved this kid, he made my day, he was so polite. I love polite children, I want to hug and kiss the parents for bringing up such a wonderful child. He said things like "When you get a chance..." And it was so cute that I would have brought him 50 refills without complaining. Here's where the weird part is, in the midst of their stay, my manager tells me that the lady really wanted her soup before her salad, which she hadn't told me, but I hadn't asked either. My manager's cool so she just reminded me to ask, no big deal. I deal with the table like normal and they leave, when I open the book and see my tip I about fainted, because they left me 30 dollars too. A waitress expects good tips like this once in a while, we all get tables that love us or that tip really well, but two in one night? I started to realize I was on a roll. A creepy guy at one of my tables gave me his number too, and a 7 dollar tip, when I showed it to my manager to get a laugh out of her, she starts calling everyone's attention and awards me a pin, saying I got 2 customer compliments in one night, a $30 dollar tip, and a phone number. I laughed and announced that I didn't really want the number, I'm happy with my man at home. The pin is really cute, and I'm so glad I earned it, I've only worked by myself for 4 shifts now. I can forsee better sections and scheduling in the near future. Before I left for work in the morning though, I reminded Logan to pay the security deposit and check about getting our shower fixed, which hasn't had hot water since we moved in. I get home that night, happy as can be, telling him about my day, then he casually mentions that our shower is fixed. The craziest part? He didn't even go to put a work order in, they just showed up and the guy fixed it in 15 minutes. A shower after one of the best days of my life never felt so good. I'm so happy.