Lucky Star

I worked and I made so many mistakes, it is hard to keep up.

I cut my finger with a knife while cutting lemons.

I charged an extra dollar on someone's credit card. I gave him my one dollar I found in my apron that morning. Damn it, but I wanted that dollar!

I spilled a bottle of soya sauce when moving the table to vaccum the carpet. The sauce splashed onto the white wall and dripped into the carpet.

I gave someone a large bowl of Hot and Sour Soup instead of medium, because I thought the bowls were the same size.

From today, tips were reduced to 50 percent of the total instead of 70 percent.

I picked up the habit of killing flies.

There was no milk for thai tea after I finished preparing it for the customer. In the end, I drank it myself. Heck the milk.

I had to work dinner shift because someone was a no show. At least I got a huge tupperware of cashew chicken to take home, but my roommate + friends + me finished everything. You would have thought that they would be full after a buffet meal, but alas, there goes my next day lunch/dinner. Also, the chef decided not to put cashew coz it was expensive. I swear he is kind and everything but what the !!!

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Some interesting facts of my working life.

The first few days, I dont know how to spell "sauce" and "cashew". I wrote "source" and "chashew". Seriously, "cashew" was the worst and I always had to look at the menu to spell it.

I cant count money. I hate coins especially coz they have quarters (25 c), pennies, five cents, one cent. For example, $20 - $ 18.37 = ???? Hello!!! I dont understand!!!

Also, in the case of tips: 70 % of $65 = ???? I thought 6 X 7 = 49. So my tips ended up being 53. I went back home feeling a little weird. Right before I took a nap, I felt compiled to use a calculator. I decided to do the honest thing and give back $7 to the manager the next day.

I hate phone calls, to go, and delivery. You want to eat, you sit down and eat properly and leave me good tips. I want business in my pocket.

I snack all the time on those crispy noodles that are served to all customers. They taste like fried crackers and mm, yummy! Oh, and I used to call them crackers until I learned the correct term. Personally, crackers sounds much nicer that crispy noodles.

It is no wonder I dont lose weight even though I stand and walk around for hours. Damn it. I am the only waitress who gains weight coz I snack and I always eat my lunch or dinner. I can never give up the offer when the chef asks me what I want to eat after my shift is over.

The chef speaks only cantonese or chinese. Frankly, I try to keep out of the kitchen because I get flustered whenever he calls my name to ask me a question.

I dont like speaking to customers. I do my job, get you food and that's it. Small talk is very clumsy for me.

I want my 70% tips back!!!! And I feel hungry again. Grr. I feel hungry all the time.