Monday, July 12, 2004

Granny's spending the next 3-5 days at Baylor hospital. She had her colostomy reversal, and was given Morphine to help ease the pain. When my Granny's drugged up, she becomes part of the cast of The Godfather... She started mumbling, "The Don's are coming... They come when it's time to bump somebody off..." Soon after she passed out again, Dad, Uncle Charlie, Steph and I had a good chuckle at her expense.

For dinner, Dad treated the four of us to Denny's since it was close-by. Dad and UC are distracted by a hostess podium as Steph and I walk through the door. We were "greeted" by a cranky teen, who wanted to seat us next to a table of five children. In a near empty restaurant, is it really necessary to sit beside noise? I thought not, so I asked to be seated on the opposite side of the restaurant. He mumbled something about sections, pointed to an invisible boundary line, then threw the menus at another waitress and ordered her to seat us.

"What is that man's problem?" I inquired.
"Oh, that's just Manny." the waitress said. Acting like an ass must be acceptible in Irving.
Moments later, Manny saunters up to our table.
"Am I was being rude? She told my manager you said I was rude. Am I was being rude?!" he badgered us, demanding fear from a table of hungry white people.
Dad tried not to look nervous as he calmed the guy down... "No...?"
With an incredulous look smeared across my face, I thought, "Wow, this moron has horrible grammar... Yes, Manny, you were being rude. You work in a Denny's that shares a parking lot with a major hospital. Chances are, you're serving a person/group of people who have had a long day and just want some peace. Being rude and confrontational will not earn you points in any place of business, least of all a restaurant where your main duty is to please me, the customer. Now, I would appreciate it if you would get out of my face and finish your side work."
I hear telling someone off works best if you're talking out loud.

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