Almost Perfect

Today I came into work at 3:00 instead of 11:30 because...it was dead. Again. Holidays.

I had two tables for the first three hours, pretty much.

Today one man asked me, "Oh, Alex...how long have you had that name for?"
Me: "Oh, about 19 years. But formally Alexandra. You know."

...Ok, sly way to ask me my age, sir. Yeesh.

Later on I had a good section in the back 40's. Throughout tonight I only had one mistake, I wrung in a grilled chicken tenders instead of a grilled cheese. I felt bad my only mistake was on a kid's behalf, but we brought out a grilled cheese within seconds so I didn't feel too bad.

There was a four top at 47 who had an $88 bill (technically more but they had a birthday coupon) and I got a 30% tip of $25. CHA CHING.

I had one table, an older couple, who were very nice. At one point our manager for the day went over and asked them how everything was. They enjoyed everything and were contemplating getting some of the soup to go, but didn't really decide. My manager told me about this and told me to get them some to go, on the house. This couple was ecstatic. Tip, cha ching again.

I was on until about 9. I had easy side work, filling stuff for beverage. And then I rolled what silver ware we had left.

Today I met someone new at work, he works there on Sundays and is pretty nice. He also apparently lives in my good old, boring hometown. Bonding moment!

I chatted with a few of the other guys at work too. There are some cute guys at work. I'll leave it at that.

I made $71 today. Meh. Good for how slow it was considering day two of the holiday weekend.

Holidays and Harassment

First things first. I got a dramatic hair cut and dyed my hair blonde(r) and people noticed. A lot. In a good way. More about that later...

This morning Unnamed Restaurant was completely dead. I was on the patio, where it was supposed to be more busy because of the nice weather. Dead. I had two tables.

I got cut way early and went to Panera, then CVS for new blonde shampoo and conditioner, and then Starbucks, of course.

Coming back to work, I was on the patio again, which was then completely bombed, along with the whole restaurant. I was freaking out a little, I must say. The rotation on the patio is hard to keep up with sometimes, especially when you it was as busy as it was. People got a little cranky with me, especially when I couldn't keep up by myself. Ugh.

So about my hair...

• "Please put it in pigtails, oh my god, I would make out with you right now. You'll make so much in tips"
• "You look really hot"
• "I love your hair. You look beautiful" (aww)
• "And she looks good naked too"
• LOLWHAT. I just went with it.

Oh the woes of being a young female, blonde waitress. Hahahahaha.....

I made $72 today. Boo.