Pet Peeves as a Waiter

As the 3 of you who read this blog know, I recently took a job being a waiter at Applebee's. It is alot of work for not a whole lot of money, but I enjoy it for the most part. However, I do deal with some difficult people, so I thought for fun I would write a few pet peeves I have noticed devloping.

1. Please don't tell me you're ready to order and then take literally 5 minutes to order because you don't know what you want...especially when I have 4-5 other tables.

2. Please don't order your steak "well done but tender." First, you are ordering it well done...second, this is Applebee's we are talking about.

3. Please don't complain when I have to charge you for extra chicken, or whatever else extra you want. When the suppliers stop charging Applebee's for these things, then they might stop charging you....maybe.

4. When I greet you and I am telling you my name, please don't interrupt me mid-sentence with your drink order. Or I guess if you have to interrupt at least make eye contact while you do it.

5. If you have a large party, please don't complain when the table of 2 across from you gets their food first. It takes a little while for the kitchen to coordinate getting all 10 meals out at the same time.

For the most part I get friendly people at my tables, but there are a few every week that do some crazy things. These are just a few things that happen on a regular basis that tend to annoy me. Maybe I'll have some more to add after a few more months...

In other news...

Lately I have been thinking about my spiritual views/opinions. Going through Mark at Southside, I've seen Jesus interact on several occasions with the Pharisees. I think for some time I've felt self-justified in being sure that I am not a Pharisee. I of course am much more loving and maybe less conservatively minded than those I would think of as Pharisees. That sounds bad even as I type it. Anyways, lately I have convicted that just because I think of myself as less legalistic, I still in many ways see myself as having God and my relationship with him all figured out, and often see myself as better than others who hold more or less rigid views. I guess as I get older I just learn that there is more and more I really don't understand, and I really am a prideful person. It's funny because adults tell you this kind of stuff all the time growing up, but you only start to see what they are seeing as you live through various life experiences. So in the end, I guess I just have to ask God to guide me and make me less of a Pharisee.

On a different subject, I just finished recording a better version of a song I arranged in Columbia. I say arranged because I took an old hymn, switched some words around, and gave it a new tune a chorus...it's the cool thing to do these days. You can find it here.