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Topic subjectThanks, I got teary-eyed twice today.
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13373524, Thanks, I got teary-eyed twice today.
Posted by Nodima, Mon Mar-16-20 12:41 AM
The first was when that brunch group was wrapping up and had been our only table for over an hour. I thanked them for coming in and threw in a joke about how it was probably the most sincere thanks I've ever given a group of people in 4 years at the restaurant, to which one woman began to respond with a hug before immediately realizing what she was doing and taking two steps back again. That shit almost felt like an amiable breakup.

The second was when, about a half hour later as we'd decided to close three hours early and were going through closing procedures, one group of five showed up, and then the GM of the restaurant across the street, and then another two pair of regulars for brunch shocked no one else was around, and then another group of four newcomers...it got to the point I had to burst into the "do we close for the week?" kitchen meeting and belatedly yell, "for today fuck that, we've got people to serve!"

I made about $7 an hour because brunch money is bullshit, but it might've been the first time I was expecting to close early only to get more and more ecstatic people kept walking through the doors. They might be complete assholes that get us all killed, but until the state shuts us down (which seems likely in about two or three days given the curve of the spread) I'll take it all as a W for now.


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