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Tonight, I served a man whose last name was Kirk. And because there are just some things you are duty-bound to ask, I inquired about his first name, as well.

It was James.

"Ohmigod, are you serious?"

He gave me a narrow look. "...Yes?"

"That is--sorry, I don't even--That is the greatest thing I have ever heard! Were your parents, like," I ( Read more... )

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Anecdote For A Thursday Night

EMILY: *stacking menus in the lobby, doing her best to look industrious*

[The door opens, and in breezes a GIRL, who keeps flipping the end of her blonde ponytail over her shoulder like a fly-stung horse. She pauses before EMILY.]GIRL: "Um, so I've got a question ( Read more... )

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Finally, finally hired! I am officially waitressing at a nice Italian place downtown; white tablecloths, two forks, the whole shebang. And this means financial security. Which, in turn, means saving for graduate school. Oh, higher education, will you never cease to bankrupt me ( Read more... )