Wednesday, April 13, 2011

At The First Window

I normally finish out days in the 'hole' an elbowed off area, where all you do is take orders and take money,
it's relaxing somewhat.
I always get an enticing view of the sunset, and the beautiful day that I'm wasting.
It's not a hands-free set, and I don't always have a hand free, so the people get antsy.  "I'll take a number five."  pause.  "Number five.  Number five. Number five. Number five."
Then you win the day when you say
"Crispy or grilled?"
The people who always do that are always taken aback for 30 seconds.  It's sort of funny.  Or ask for the drink,same thing happens.
It's hard to hear exactly what they're asking for most of the time.  So I've taken to trying to clarify by asking if they wanted something ridiculous.  ie:"I'll have a lrogo nytie"  "Uhh, that'll be a Big Mac with a vanilla shake?"
I noticed, a number four,(2 cheeseburgers, a no.2 when I was a kid) is normally ordered with a dr pepper.
Yesterday we kept sending people home, and the cars got backed up, and I had a nice man say to me, with his kid in the car,
"man you guys are slow as fuck."
Why thank you good sir.  I refused to comment on his comment.  And rang up his ten dollars worth of food.
Isn't there an old saying, "don't piss off those who make your food"
Can't we all just say, and be

be excellent to each other

But that's no big deal, I expect them to be ridiculously angry jerks, and we're expected to be half-wits.
And I am a chameleon, I fit into pieces regularly.
A national hiring day is approaching, I've made it my mission to scare off every new hire.

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