Me: Hi folks, welcome to Olive Garden. My name is Mark and I'll be taking care of you. How are we all doing tonight?
Guest 1: Um, not bad.
Me: That's good to hear. So . . . are we celebrating anything special tonight?
Guest 2:. Well, (pointing at guest one) she just got out of prison!
(awkward silence)
Guest 1: Don't worry, there was a good reason I was there.
(more awkward silence)
Me: Want to hear about some of tonight's special features?
My friend Jay (a former waiter) tells me a good story about when he referred to man at his table as "sir" but then found out that he was actually a she. Very awkward. Had any awkward moments lately?
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6 comments:
LOL - sorry, I am laughing at your expense. I probably would have asked without thinking what the person was in jail for and that would have been really awkward!
Sorry,can't think of my own awkward moment at this time.
I was very curious about what the did, but couldn't think of a way to ask that wasn't rude or would endanger my life!
It's the "don't worry, there was a good reason I was there" that gets me!
LOL! ....ummmm...congratulations?
Mark, you missed the punchline from that story about me!
I was serving a table of about 6 people, and at one point I asked for a show of hands, how many people would like their soup refilled? Having seen one hand out of the corner of my eye, I mistakenly referred to the girl (who had a buzzcut, was wearing a baggy sweater and baggy army-green cargo pants, in my defense) as a he. When I was corrected that she was in fact a girl, I, in my fatigued state (I was fairly tired that day), promptly responded with an incredulous "Really?"
Needless to say I spent the rest of the meal apologizing, and when it came time to hand out the after dinner mints I left the offended party a small mountain, as she was in the washroom when I came around with them.
JBo
Doh, sorry Jay! I should have just got you to tell the story, I feel your pain as I read it. I bet that girl was crying in the bathroom ...
Actually they told me it wasn't the first time someone had mistaken her gender. :)
JBo
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