Post by David on Jan 18, 2008 15:36:26 GMT -5
I've got a fun one. What jobs did you have when you were younger? Jobs while you were going through school.
My first and only part time job, which I worked for five years was a restaurant gig. Working in a restaurant sure introduces you to some crazy, crazy people, as well as some very dumb people.
One of my favorite stories about working at this restaurant was one lady who asked for her steak charred, just completely burnt to a crisp. First she whined to us about how her husband got his order of ribs before she got her steak. I think something like that would seem pretty obvious right? Then when we did get her steak to her, she would not stop complaining about how burnt the steak was. I walked back to my boss, raised my hand and said, "HELP ME! HELP ME PLEASE! THIS WOMAN IS INSANE!"
And I've got many more. One that is much harder to believe. Apparently this restaurant was more oakie than I had originally believed. One day when I had just gotten to work and was setting up, this guy pulls up with a horse trailer, he then proceeded to come in for a drink. And then all of the sudden he immediately walks back out and then proceeds to walk back in WITH HIS HORSE. And that's not even the best part. He then went and ordered a beer for his horse and the horse drank it. I told him, "I hope that's not a racing horse."
What makes that story even better is the fact that when I told the newer employees that story, they all thought I had been smoking pot. For about 3 weeks they thought I was just telling some crazy story, until I got some other people who had witnessed the same thing I had to tell them the story. All the other kids just said, "Wow, David wasn't lying." I was over in the corner laughing hysterically.
As much as I got hated that job, I had some good times there too.
My first and only part time job, which I worked for five years was a restaurant gig. Working in a restaurant sure introduces you to some crazy, crazy people, as well as some very dumb people.
One of my favorite stories about working at this restaurant was one lady who asked for her steak charred, just completely burnt to a crisp. First she whined to us about how her husband got his order of ribs before she got her steak. I think something like that would seem pretty obvious right? Then when we did get her steak to her, she would not stop complaining about how burnt the steak was. I walked back to my boss, raised my hand and said, "HELP ME! HELP ME PLEASE! THIS WOMAN IS INSANE!"
And I've got many more. One that is much harder to believe. Apparently this restaurant was more oakie than I had originally believed. One day when I had just gotten to work and was setting up, this guy pulls up with a horse trailer, he then proceeded to come in for a drink. And then all of the sudden he immediately walks back out and then proceeds to walk back in WITH HIS HORSE. And that's not even the best part. He then went and ordered a beer for his horse and the horse drank it. I told him, "I hope that's not a racing horse."
What makes that story even better is the fact that when I told the newer employees that story, they all thought I had been smoking pot. For about 3 weeks they thought I was just telling some crazy story, until I got some other people who had witnessed the same thing I had to tell them the story. All the other kids just said, "Wow, David wasn't lying." I was over in the corner laughing hysterically.
As much as I got hated that job, I had some good times there too.