Laura’s Muses

So, Chris and I decided to have a date night recently, consisting of dinner and a movie. We ended up in Grove City because there was a Halloween store in the area that we needed to stop at first. After our shopping, we headed over to a chain restaurant for some grub before our movie.

The meal was so-so, and as we finished the waitress arrives with the check. She places it on the table, and says the usual, “Can I get you anything else..” yada yada yada. We say no but thank her anyway, and she kind of hesitates. She says something to the effect of, “So are you guys just going to hang out, or …?” and Chris replies, “Oh, we’re just chatting…” At this point we didn’t really understand why she was asking, but were trying to be polite. Her next comment truly shocked me. “OK, well I’m just going to go out and smoke a cigarette real quick, then I’ll be back to pick this up.”

I have absolutely nothing against people who smoke, as I used to be one of them (and unfortunately I still struggle with the urge). However, the fact that we were PAYING CUSTOMERS in a RESTAURANT and she was so casual about asking US to wait on HER to go smoke just seemed, I don’t know… unprofessional. She was a very nice girl, and an otherwise good waitress, so I have no idea why she thought this would be an appropriate comment to make. I’m sure she didn’t truly expect us to wait on her to go smoke, but why offer the information? Why not just say, “Well, I’ll give you some time to relax, and I’ll be back to check on you in a few minutes” or something along those lines. Instead, she left me completely puzzled and a little annoyed by making her cigarette break comment.

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