I work in a very casual restaurant, customers seat themselves until
our hostess comes in at dinnertime. I got a single lady and went to
take her a menu and silverware. As I laid the menu down, she says, “Oh
I don’t need that, I’m not eating.” (then why are you in a
restaurant?) She proceeds to order: “I’ll have a cup of tea, hot. And
a bagel with cream cheese, toasted.” (so what were you going to do
with said bagel if not eat it?) My reply is something like “Breakfast
is over, ummm, we don’t have…” (it was 3pm. we stop breakfast at
11am. we have never served breakfast all day.) “So I can’t have a
bagel????!!!” “No…ummm… do you want to think about it? Do you
still want the tea??” I really didn’t know what to say. Once in awhile
I get some eccentric lady in the middle of the afternoon wanting
pancakes or an english muffin or something. Guess if you want to eat
on your own schedule, make it at home. Or in our case, there’s a
grocery store next door.
- Karen
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