late december back in '04

Oh what a night!

I knew I shouldn't have gone to work today. I mean really. First of all, my malcontent for work is not a new thing. It's been an ongoing issue with me for a few months now and I am not hesitant to let people know. I really do hate my job. A lot.

Most people call it "Ponderosa". I call it "a fucking hellhole". Why? Well Ponderosa is primarily a buffet. But it's really a restaurant with servers. And said servers are only paid what amounts to a little over a dollar an hour after taxes. So we rely on tips... But a great number of people do not tip because of the buffet. Sometimes it's not so bad. Tonight was bad.

I punched in about 15 minutes early because we were busy. I got a truckload of tables and I gave em great service (as I always do) but tonight was Night of the Tightwads or something. I was not counting but it felt like at least half of my first 12 tables stiffed me. Cool, now I am in a rotten mood. The night went on in the same manner - lots of tables, very few tips. Finally I saw this party of two get up to leave. I walked briskly over to their table and noticed that, yet again, there was no tip. So I walked toward the exit, tracked down the sixty-ish man and informed him that he forgot to leave a tip. He got mad, tried to threaten me but it came out like "if you ever do that again, I... won't give you anything!" Yeah!! What a zing!! I politely walked away and bussed his former table.

Steve, the general manager of our restaurant, comes over to me and threatens to fire me over it. I decided not to apologize or promise not to do it again because it just felt too good. Besides, I've got 6 months in now so I can collect a little unemployment if I get canned . Never fret U.S. taxpayers - with the little in tips I claim to the gov'ment I'd probably take in less than $100 a week of your hard-earned cash. Plus this job is makign medumber so i deserve sum compensacion.

I could elaborate further on how I hate my job and what a shitty night it was, but I don't need to relive it any more. My beautiful girlfriend Melissa came over after work and we had a few drinks, watched Swingers and really took our minds off things. It is always great seeing her; she brightens my mood up quite a bit. I wish she was still around but alas, I wouldn't be able to update this site if she was. So maybe you should be thankful! You wouldn't have been able to read this glimpse into the mind of a disgruntled waiter had she not left. So thank you Melissa from everyone who reads this (no one).

wow, i'm on the web again

Yep, after about 4 years off from keeping my own website and domain, I've decided to make my glorious return the world wide web. After seeing a couple of my friends' blogs I wanted to have one of my own and I didn't want one of those silly live journal things. So I guess this is the part where I put my thoughts into text so anyone who cares can read.

Christmas was good. I got to spend it with my family (and I got pretty hammered on whiskey and Sprite). I got everything I really wanted - an office chair, a bedset, Lord of the Rings DVD's and seasons 1 & 2 of Family Guy. Just wish Melissa could have been there with me.

Gotta run off to work now, so I'll post more later.