“Are you talking to me?”
As a waitress, I can say, without thought, that bluetooth has become one of the most annoying contraptions ever created. I walk over to a table, smiling, and politely (even though I’ve already burned myself with hot water, had a small child rip open sugar packets and throw them on the floor, and have been shouted at by someone because they ordered something, and it wasn’t what they expected, amid other things) ask, “Hi, can I get you something to drink?” in which the response is one finger in the air implying that their time is much more important than mine. However, I know that people with cell phones are like this, and had I been able to SEE the phone, I would not have wasted my time going over there in the first place. Fighting the urge to grab that thing in her ear, throw it on the ground and jump up and down on it, I smile and walk away.
After about 5 minutes, this SAME lady approaches me and says (very rudely, I might add), “This is the worst service ever! Where is my waitress?!” Acting as though she had no idea that it was me (which, is a debate amongst servers. Do they really just not care enough to remember whether their server is the tall, black guy, or the short, white girl?). Once again, I smile, replying, “I’m sorry, how can I help you?” While in my head, I’m thinking, ‘Your waitress is running around helping people that don’t put their fingers in her face, that don’t appear to be talking to themselves, and make it quite known what they want, when they want it. Take that damn thing out of your ear!’ And I proceed to take her order.
Once she orders, I feel relieved, and never again, not once, do I go back over to her table…but that’s okay, she doesn’t notice. She is too busy chatting about something really, really important (I’m sure) on her bluetooth.
