Keep your pants Zipped!!!

Here is another example of really bad behavior by an adult, in public. Yesterday at work a really creepy looking man came in to have breakfast. He sat at the counter and stared at the waitresses. He didnt say anything to either of the girls, just watched them. When he got ready to leave he went to the cash register and the waitress (a teenager mind you) asked for his i.d. He started to unzip his pants! She got this really freaked out look on her face, and he stopped and said, "Oh I suppose you wouldnt be able to id me that way." Now, AS didnt tell me about this until he was gone from the store. I asked her why not? Why take that crap from anyone? She was scared of his size. He was a huge man, very tall. All I really know, is that he got lucky, had I been out there to see that, I would have announced his behavior to the whole restaraunt. Then called the police, that is blatant sexual harrassment and there is no reason anyone should have to deal with that. AS was there to do her job, not deal with crap like that! People like that do not deserve to be wandering around tormenting young girls. So heres another tip for perverts that want to go out to eat. When a server smiles at you and is polite towards you, it means they are good at their job. It is not an invitation to use your worst behavior to see how far you can go. Chances are someone somewhere will put a stop to your behavior. And a tip for AS and all servers who may find themselves in a simular situation, do not tolerate this sort of behavior! Not under any circumstance is it ok for someone to make you feel unsafe. If you feel you cant handle it grab the phone, ask someone to help. Also, if your taking a check or credit card from the creep, remember the name and show the check to your manager or police officer. Dont allow the creep to leave your place of business with the confidence to do the same things somewhere else. I know nothing really terrible happened at the cafe yesterday, but it could have been so much worse. And the guy believes he got away with his bad behavior and will try again. I hope he feels it was an invitation to come back to our cafe and try again, and I really hope if this does happen... AS or any of the others let me handle him. I can garantee he will probably not be coming back.

Special People...

I'm sitting here in the early morning hours with my coffee, mentally preparing to go in to work. I hate my job. Well I dont know if I "hate" my job so much as what I deal with when I am there. My job is mostly to cook food for hungry humans. Thats easy enough. But today is Saturday. Saturdays always bring out an extra number of "special people". When I say "special people" I really mean dumb a** freakin' idoiots. You would be surprised by the number of grown adults that do not know how to behave properly in public! Take last weekend for example. We usually have a breakfast rush on the weekends, it seems everyone gets hungry around the same time. We can handle that, but last weekend in the middle of our rush, I was concentrating on getting the food out as quickly as possible. All of the sudden I hear someone yelling "breakfast!!" I turn around and there is a crazy woman in my kitchen. I know she did not belong there. I also know that I would never walk into the kitchen of any restaraunt I frequent for any reason. I asked the woman what she wanted and again she yelled "breakfast!!" Since I was cooking breakfast for about 50 people I said "What about it?" She replied "I need it" Folks she was not nice about this either, she literally growled at me. So I got a little angry and told her to go back to her table so the waitress could wait on her like she does everyone else. The wild woman proceeded to bless me as she left my kitchen. "Bless you my child, bless you" I pulled LK aside(the waitress that day) and warned her about the woman I had just met. A little while later, LK comes back to the kitchen and told me the crazy woman had just asked to have her ticket moved to the front of the line because "its snowing pretty hard and I just have a little car" (in all actuality, it was our first snow flurry of the season and melted as soon as the flakes landed) The woman then proceeded to put some money into LK apron pocket. "remember where this came from"she snarled. One Dollar!!! Are you kidding me!?! One Dollar!?! Does that really work anywhere? Because it just made me mad and want to wait forever to cook her food. I would not move her food to the front of the line because she was rude and demanding. I dont know if there are any circumstances where I would move tickets around, but just a little hint if your going to eat out and are on a time limit. First, if your restaraunt is busy, politely ask your server if there is a long wait before your meal could be expected to arrive. If so, ask for a suggestion of what to order that may speed things up a bit. Alot of places have a daily special. When I choose a breakfast special on busy days, I choose something that is quick to make. Those quicker items can be served faster. For example, if you order hash browns, but the guy who came in 5 tables after you orders eggs and toast, chances are hes going to get to eat first. And please, be polite. Not only does it help us to do our jobs better, but in return you also will get bettter service.
Ho hum Ho hum its off to work I go...

Young Love

A few months ago my youngest, TJ, started kindergarten. I was sad for a while, "my baby is growing so fast..." You know what I mean... Blah Blah Blah and Boo Hoo too. It didnt take long for me to realize I enjoyed spending some time alone for a change. So I was able to happily send him off to school. Until I learned of his new best friend Lori. One day I said to him, " I'm really glad you like Lori so well." "Actually mom, I love her."
He really did say that. Cute right? A couple nights after that he asked me for a "diamond necklace" Of course I asked him why he needed a diamond necklace. The child is only 5. He told me he needed the necklace to give to Lori. "I just want her to be happy" What is that!?! And where did he learn that from... certainly not his daddy! So after some serious thought on how I may very well be raising the worlds first perfect man, I gave him the necklace. The "diamonds" being pink only made it more special. (Come on hes only 5, and I only have 1 real diamond necklace) A few weeks after that Tj told me about his new friend Paige, who was tied with Lori. (I am not really sure what that means, and I was a little afraid to ask) And I hadnt heard anymore of Lori since then. So I thought she was out and Paige was in. Until yesterday. I was at the school to pick up some fundraiser items and thought since I was there I might as well pick up Tj too. My timing was perfect as I was able to meet some of Tj's friends and Lori. One little "dude" told me Lori was Tj's "girlfriend". Cute, but that started an argument amongst the kids... Tj replied with a "Na Uh, she broke up!" Well that just shut the other kid up and we proceeded with packing up Tj's school bag. Ok Lets Go... But first Lori threw herself at MY little man with a hug that made ME blush, and she said the sweetest goodbye I may have ever heard. When we left the school I asked Tj what he meant when he said Lori broke up. "Oh thats what we told the kids so they would stop teasing us."

Now, this story is extremely cute, and totally true. Is it a glimpse into our future here?

Morning Antics

This is just going to be a little log of the different sorts of domesticated things I try in hopes my husband will one day say to me " maybe you should just quit your job". I work 5 or more days a week at a local cafe. I cook and waitress there, so I am dealing with people all day long. Not just people, but the kind we at the cafe call special people. Or crazy people which ever you prefer... I am starting to dislike them a whole lot. I used to be nice and sweet, but I think I am starting to become a bit on the bitter side. I could use time off. So I am trying to bamboozle my husband. I have today off. I fed the kids breakfast and put them on the school bus. A normal every day thing for lots of families. But not in mine. On most mornings my 5 year old son is rushed into getting dressed so that I can drop him off at daycare before I start work. I do have a 14 year old daughter at home, but I do not feel she needs one more responsibility in the morning. She has enough to worry about in the early morning just getting herself on that school bus. So TJ gets daycare. This morning I made breakfast for the kids, and let them have some really sugary cake. I dont have to deal with the sugar rush so why not. This is not normal for our house, but last night we had a small dinner party complete with cake to celebrate DLs visit to the honor roll. So why not let them have a little this morning.?. I have 2 loaves of bannana bread baking in the oven and it really smells good. I should have waited until this afternoon when it comes closer to the MR getting home. Then he would be able to appreciate all the effort I put into that bread. LOL! I also washed, yes washed, the mini blinds in the bathroom this morning. I dont think that will be anything MR is gonna notice either...I guess Im not quite getting the idea of what I am trying to do. I want MR to see how nice the house looks and smells (yummy) and make the connection that it is only that way because I didnt go to work today. Then I want him to tell me to quit my job. So I am going to think about that a bit more while i finish the laundry and take the bread from the oven. I kind of got side tracked from what I originally wanted to say. I just loved being home with the kids this morning. I would like that to be part of normal routine. I did get some info from the county human service department about getting a daycare license myself, maybe that is something I should seriously consider. Then I could be home everyday! Again, something to think about a little further. Next time I post maybe Ill let you know just exactly what I mean by "special people".