Thoughts and Such...

I have not posted in a while, because there really hasn't been too much interesting or entertaining happening in the restaurant business as of late. I mean there was one frustrating moment on Friday, because of inappropriateness from one of my customers, but I really don't want to go into detail of that because it's not what I wanted to hear or what I want to have others hear from me. 

And...please, remember to vote on the poll on this blog! It just takes a moment, and my record-keeping of my steps is coming along quite nicely! I think you all will be intrigued to know the results.

Oh I just remembered a cute instance that I must share...I had a table of four on Monday, a mother with her two young sons (ages 8 and 10?) and another boy with an apparent mental handicap (age 16-17?) Well, I greet everyone with my normal "Hey everyone, how are ya'll doing tonight?" And the oldest boy immediately says "You're pretty." I smile and say "thank you." then before I can continue with the specials of the day, the other two boys chime in "He's looking for a girlfriend!" and "I agree with him, you're pretty!" Well, I immediately assure them all that I have a boyfriend, but I definitely appreciate the compliments...well, to make a long story short...the boys were more interested in me than in their food! Every visit to the table became ridiculous with comments of "You're a nice lady." "Do you have a facebook?" "You're so beautiful." "Does Pizza Hut have a facebook page?" And a hundred other things were said that I can't remember...it became a little embarrassing after a while.  The two younger boys were just obvious instigators...keeping themselves entertained with how I would respond to everything. The older boy was sincerely just trying to find true love! You could see the boy had an innocent and sweet heart. Seriously, though there was a refreshing bluntness and niceness about the boy...soo much that when he's walking out the door he tells me "My name is ______ ______ . Find me on facebook okay?" "Ummm...okay, I will." What was I supposed to say? I already told him I had a boyfriend, and I didn't think I should say "No, I don't really know you and I'm not going to look you up on facebook, because I don't want to give you false hope of a relationship."  Or should I have? I really didn't like the fact that I lied to him.

Also today there was an older man in his fifties with a mental handicap...I believe he was there with his caretaker who looked so similar to him that I believe it must've been his brother.  The man immediately offers me his hand and says "Hello, nice to meet you. " I smile and shake his hand and respond to the greeting in kind. There was such a sweet spirit about this man as well, that I started to think about how if only everyone was so friendly and genuine, the world would truly be a kinder place.  I also started to think about how there was a day where people with mental handicaps would've been rejected and treated as second-class humans...But I believe there truly is something to be treasured in these people...they have such innocence and genuine caring for other people, that it makes me think of Jesus saying these words "And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:3

So, yes, these are the thoughts that I have been thinking and pondering...and wanted to share with you.