Strange Days

So for some reason, the past week has just had a wierd vibe about it. Work has been slow and strange. People are acting like they do during a full moon, but the moon isn't full, so I don't know what's going on. Maybe it's Hurricane Ophelia messing with the tides instead of the moon...

For example:
Customer: "I would like the soup."
Me: "okay, great"
Customer: "could you make sure that it's hot?"
Me: "yeah." I mean, come on, did she really have to request that the soup be served hot? I was going to just grab it out of the fridge and throw it in a bowl, but since she asked for it to be hot, I guess I could let the cooks heat it up on the stove. I asked them to make it so hot it would burn her evil little tongue. ;)


Customer's wife to customer: "Honey do you want dessert?"
Customer: "Yeah, that sounds good."
Customer's wife: (to me) "Do you have desserts?"
Me: "Yes, we do."
Customer: "Could I see a dessert menu?" duh.
Me: "Sure" (bring him a menu) "Here's the dessert menu for you, sir."
Customer: (doesn't even glance at the menu) "Do you have sundaes?"
Me: "Yes, it's right there on the bottom, sir." Idiot.

It's kind've been one of those weeks and it's only been two days! On top of it all, tonight I waited on the 12% guy again. Now, he comes in with this company that spends a ton of money and is really nice. This guy works for a company that does business with this company. Why he had to pick up the check AGAIN, I don't know. There were 9 other guys at the table, but the crappy tipping guy paid AGAIN. Thanks buddy. Learn how to tip.

So I finally head home from work around 10:30 tonight. I stop at a gas station to put air in my tire, cuz it's pretty low. I get there just fine and pull up to the air pump. I check on the status of my tire - totally flat. Crap. Maybe a little air to tide it over until I can get to the tire repair store. I put in my quarters. The air machine is broken. It eats my quarters. I go into the gas station. I am told by the rude employee that they are not responsible for the machine, they never wanted it put there in the first place and it's been working all day. Okay, well, it's not working NOW, maybe you could put a note on it or something. Thanks for your help.
Thank goodness last year I signed up for roadside assistance through my insurance company. Originally I got it just for the towing that I needed at the time. But today, I got to use it for the flat tire. Twenty minutes after my phone call a very nice young man named Mike pulled up in a tow truck and put my spare tire on my car and stashed the flat in my trunk. It didn't cost me anything today. Woo hoo! I think I will renew that feature when it expires in November. Sure was handy tonight.

So after what seemed like a very long and strange day, I've finally made it home. And I'm savoring some chocolate marshmellow ice cream. I really do think that everyday should end with ice cream. Yum.