Comments on: They’re Back!

By: ceetar

ceetar — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:13:58 +0000

ha, I probably would’ve sprayed the Windex at that guy.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:36:31 +0000

i really enjoy reading your posts because what you say could very well be written about the restaurant at which i’m a hostess.

being a hostess is tiring but also insanely fun…and it’s so good to read about someone who has those same pet peeves.

[we also have to clean our glass windows 796 times a shift.]

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:16:52 +0000

No, he was not that talented – and no offense taken, of course – he was crazy (well, not really, but had that been any place other than the Western Sizzlen he would have annoyed many people).

By: pete

pete — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:25:32 +0000

love the blog..

this was the word of the day yesterday…i love it and thought you would as well…

schadenfreude � \SHAH-dun-froy-duh\ Audio icon � noun, often capitalized
: enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others

Example sentence:
“There is simply no higher level of schadenfreude than when the rich or famous stumble.” (John Gonzalez, Boston Magazine, August 2005)

By: Restaurant Gal

Restaurant Gal — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:21:47 +0000

Phil–He caught them ALL in his mouth at once? No way Stumpy could have done that!

Which is reason #28 why we don’t have mints. Stumpy would have made a horrible mess when he couldn’t catch even one in his mouth, and I would have had to clean the rest up. Oh that’s right, Stumpy made a mess anyway, didn’t he? Which is reason #29 why I hate restaurant mints–whether you have them or not, they make people crazy–no offense to your dad, of course.

A restaurant manager friend of mine shared this sad story about why not to have mints: The place where he worked years ago had a small pond filled with koi. They also had a bowl of individually wrapped mints by the door. People kept dropping their mint wrappers in the pond, the koi then ate the wrappers, which caused all the koi to die. End of fish pond. End of mints at that restaurant.

Mints–not just another innocent candy!

–The Gal

By: lyl

lyl — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:30:53 +0000

Wow – that made me laugh out loud at his immaturity. I worked as a waitress in a burger-and-shakes place for one summer and ohmygod was that enough. I love your posts – I’ve been a ’stalker’ for about a month. You remind me treat all service people with the dignity they deserve.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:52:12 +0000

One of my fondest memories as a child was my father grabbing a handful of mints each time we went to the Western Sizzlen, heading out to the parking lot and tossing them as high as he could into the air and catching them in his mouth.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:06:50 +0000

Toastrider – right on! I worked parttime in a chain bookstore for eight-plus years. Ours as well was one of those “the customer is always right” environments. And given the fact that one expects bookstore customers to be a “cut above” the average retail customer — everyone eats, but not everyone buys books — I have plenty of stories that belie that notion.

By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:31:11 +0000

You should have just laughed out loud at him and let him know what an ass he was.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:48:08 +0000

Welcome back!!!
Ha ha…I can see the fumes of frustration coming out of his ears! =)