I Sent Flowers to The Waitress

You never know what will work but most chicks dig flowers. Try to get her number next time.

 

Random act of kindness. You will likely never see her again, but she will always remember you and tell the story untold number of times.
When I get top notch service, particularly if it is clear she/he deals with all of their customers in a professional courteous manner, and when I really needed it, tough day, bad weather etc, I leave a big tip, and I mean really be tip, like 50% of the cost of the meal. I have been known to leave a $20 on a $10 meal.
Good for you.
And I have given up on the chopped steak and eggs at Iron Skillet. Whomever their supplier is has made them less than appetizing.

 

I recall one waitress (I recall many, but this is one I choose for this thread) out of the Frederick Truckstop in the old 76 there off Md 355 at I-70. It happened to be my home stop so Im there pretty often. Even though Childhood I was there often. They have always been more than accommodating knowing that were deaf kids from the MSD a few blocks away.

Anyway. Fast forward to approx the year before it's sale and demolition which would be roughly 1996 give or take a year. There was a older waitress, call it around 55+ due to premature white hair etc from effects of Chemo or other treatments that were pretty brutal in her day. (Cancer which turned out to kill her anyway properly over time) To pretty much the last day of her work she continued to take care of the customers very well.

In that time I was always coming through at all hours of the day and night working out of the Baltimore-Hanover region with I consider to be some really crazy stuff back then. Waitress Mary without fail mentally carried my recipie and custom food requests in addition to normal day or night meal depending on if I am wrapping up a long day or just getting started.

Ive always tried to tip her above and beyond where possible. Then one day she sat at the table and had a meal and a little talk which I would imagine was a fireable offense in front of the boss except for her it really did not matter at all. She was getting ready to go into Hospice and for her that would be that as far as minor things like firing goes. It literally had no meaning to her. Or to the employer who allowed it to happen. You only live once. Spend it wisely.

I was go meet many waitresses in my time, mostly good ones and a few who probably if life ran slightly slower or faster would have a patch of land and a bunch of kids to run around in it. But it's not to be what is not to be. Some of the waitresses though, a few. They were not so good and rightfully received frightful damnation in words applied just so. Usually we don't see those again ever.

 

You made her day. Good on ya'.

 

That doesn't work. The servers at the restaurants absolutely hate truckers. My wife worked at the Iron Skillet for 10 years. Her sister works there now. I should know.

 

Maybe they just hated one particular trucker.

 

Flowers is the name of the skunk

 

Hardly. She hated them all. Especially the one that she clocked in the head with one of those salad skillets when he shoved her while fighting with another driver.

 

Nothing wrong with that. Probably made her day. I’m sure weird dudes do some extremely creepy #### that freaks waitresses out while on the road