Longest update everrrr????
My dad's out of the hospital. Now he has to take a bajillion pills every day and is on a low-sodium diet. It's going to suck! For him, anyway. This is going to sound crazy, yes, but I feel like that curse (refer to last entry) on my family has almost died away. I spent the night at home last night and Abby seemed to be doing better too.
Anyway I kind of want another job. I like TRH, but I think it'd be fun to try working somewhere a little more upscale. Granted, I haven't put like.. any thought into this at all. I just kind of thought about it today. Like what if there was another cocktail waitress position opening at the Peabody? I feel more confident about doing that since becoming a server at TRH. I really just want more money. Plus, it's kind of fun (unless I have horrible people to deal with, but most people are nice. Oh, and it was kind of hard last semester to deal with working at TRH and going to class every day). The major reason I wouldn't go somewhere else though is because school starts in a couple of months and I was planning on quitting work altogether to make my life easier. And although I would MUCH rather be working than dealing with school, I know that school is really more important and maybe I'll have a better time next semester if I'm not trying to juggle everything. At least I won't have an internship also next semester. /me sighs in relief.
Ha, speaking of work, a couple of things happened the other night and I'm pretty sure it was all the same day.. my days are all a blur. First, a random dude (old dude) gave me five bucks for no reason at all. He wasn't in my section or anything. He told the manager that I was running back and forth and working so hard and he thought it was great. I personally think I just walk fast when I have something to do (lol) and it gives the impression that I'm being super productive. I also think he probably just thought I was pretty or something. Like.. he must have been watching me. But I was pretty grateful either way.. nothing wrong with an extra five bucks and a comment on my superb work ethic. See? I do work hard. At some things.
Another thing that happened (and which will segue into another topic) was this interaction, which I'll set up first:
TRH gets busy and oftentimes pretty crowded, especially around the entrance to the kitchen which is near the host stand. I'm not really busy with anything, just walking through to get out of the way of everyone. I notice some guy (with a rebel flag on his baseball cap, not that that means anything, I'm sure) trying to get by folks and so I very politely stand aside to try to let him by.
Me: smiling Go ahead.
Guy: No no, you go ahead. You're the one working.
Me: kind of laughs and walks away Ha, okay.
Guy: I just wanted to look at your ass anyway.
Me: looks over my shoulder at him in shock I can't believe you just said that to me.
He apologized. But seriously, why the fuck would you tell a stranger that?
Anyway, I was kind of weirded out by that. And speaking of disturbing occurences at TRH, I could swear I saw a couple fooling around in our restaurant one night. The section was mostly empty and they were sitting there forever after they had paid. Not doing anything! Not talking at all, just sitting very close together. Very suspicious. I was creeped out because I don't like seeing people do stuff. I don't have a problem with it, at all, only when it's around me.. entirely uninvited and unwanted. And yes, I could have gone somewhere else, but we were closing and I have to sweep under my tables. I just wanted them to GTFO so I could do my work and get out of there.
Speaking of gross things that people do (albeit natural), I was downtown Friday night (was it Friday?) after work to catch a movie with a couple of friends and afterwards I was walking in the parking garage back to my car and these two guys were behind me. I get in my car and am finding my key and one of the guys is parked near me and walks up to his car. Then he starts fucking peeing. And I know he saw me get in my car. I'm like.. ten feet away from him and he's peeing on the pavement. Sorry, but you can hold it, I don't care what anyone says. I thought about honking at him as I pulled out, but I didn't. Thankfully I didn't see this douchebag's penis. I felt kind of violated. I know that sounds extreme, but it was like.. what the hell?! Stop it! You couldn't wait two seconds for me to drive away before you fucking started to pee?
Uhhhhhh. And yeah, that will conclude this LJ entry. Except I also wanted to say, Steven danced with me Saturday night at the club! I honestly thought he wouldn't since he never wants to go out with me, or that it would be weird since we've never danced together, but it was fun. And I felt his crotch but it was okay! I only accept dancing with strange men as long as I can't feel their crotches on my bum or leg. Ryan excluded because he's my friend and Steven excluded because we're us.
Anyway I kind of want another job. I like TRH, but I think it'd be fun to try working somewhere a little more upscale. Granted, I haven't put like.. any thought into this at all. I just kind of thought about it today. Like what if there was another cocktail waitress position opening at the Peabody? I feel more confident about doing that since becoming a server at TRH. I really just want more money. Plus, it's kind of fun (unless I have horrible people to deal with, but most people are nice. Oh, and it was kind of hard last semester to deal with working at TRH and going to class every day). The major reason I wouldn't go somewhere else though is because school starts in a couple of months and I was planning on quitting work altogether to make my life easier. And although I would MUCH rather be working than dealing with school, I know that school is really more important and maybe I'll have a better time next semester if I'm not trying to juggle everything. At least I won't have an internship also next semester. /me sighs in relief.
Ha, speaking of work, a couple of things happened the other night and I'm pretty sure it was all the same day.. my days are all a blur. First, a random dude (old dude) gave me five bucks for no reason at all. He wasn't in my section or anything. He told the manager that I was running back and forth and working so hard and he thought it was great. I personally think I just walk fast when I have something to do (lol) and it gives the impression that I'm being super productive. I also think he probably just thought I was pretty or something. Like.. he must have been watching me. But I was pretty grateful either way.. nothing wrong with an extra five bucks and a comment on my superb work ethic. See? I do work hard. At some things.
Another thing that happened (and which will segue into another topic) was this interaction, which I'll set up first:
TRH gets busy and oftentimes pretty crowded, especially around the entrance to the kitchen which is near the host stand. I'm not really busy with anything, just walking through to get out of the way of everyone. I notice some guy (with a rebel flag on his baseball cap, not that that means anything, I'm sure) trying to get by folks and so I very politely stand aside to try to let him by.
Me: smiling Go ahead.
Guy: No no, you go ahead. You're the one working.
Me: kind of laughs and walks away Ha, okay.
Guy: I just wanted to look at your ass anyway.
Me: looks over my shoulder at him in shock I can't believe you just said that to me.
He apologized. But seriously, why the fuck would you tell a stranger that?
Anyway, I was kind of weirded out by that. And speaking of disturbing occurences at TRH, I could swear I saw a couple fooling around in our restaurant one night. The section was mostly empty and they were sitting there forever after they had paid. Not doing anything! Not talking at all, just sitting very close together. Very suspicious. I was creeped out because I don't like seeing people do stuff. I don't have a problem with it, at all, only when it's around me.. entirely uninvited and unwanted. And yes, I could have gone somewhere else, but we were closing and I have to sweep under my tables. I just wanted them to GTFO so I could do my work and get out of there.
Speaking of gross things that people do (albeit natural), I was downtown Friday night (was it Friday?) after work to catch a movie with a couple of friends and afterwards I was walking in the parking garage back to my car and these two guys were behind me. I get in my car and am finding my key and one of the guys is parked near me and walks up to his car. Then he starts fucking peeing. And I know he saw me get in my car. I'm like.. ten feet away from him and he's peeing on the pavement. Sorry, but you can hold it, I don't care what anyone says. I thought about honking at him as I pulled out, but I didn't. Thankfully I didn't see this douchebag's penis. I felt kind of violated. I know that sounds extreme, but it was like.. what the hell?! Stop it! You couldn't wait two seconds for me to drive away before you fucking started to pee?
Uhhhhhh. And yeah, that will conclude this LJ entry. Except I also wanted to say, Steven danced with me Saturday night at the club! I honestly thought he wouldn't since he never wants to go out with me, or that it would be weird since we've never danced together, but it was fun. And I felt his crotch but it was okay! I only accept dancing with strange men as long as I can't feel their crotches on my bum or leg. Ryan excluded because he's my friend and Steven excluded because we're us.