uLast night my husband and I visited a local Italian restaurant for my birthday dinner. We'd just given our order to the server when a woman with an "I'd like to speak to the manager" haircut was seated with her daughter at a nearby table. She promptly told the hostess to get her server, immediately.
The server rushed over and the woman (who I'll call Leona) said, "We need to get somewhere right after this, so we don't have a lot of time. I need you to take our order and get it to us as soon as possible. Do you think you can do that?" Leona's tone, while not outright rude, was condescending and superior. Of course, the server said she could, took the order and Leona and her daughter were served quickly in a flurry of waitstaff attending to them. Here are some thoughts for Leona:
I enjoy going out to eat but I'll admit, the part where another human being waits on me makes me feel a little awkward. Therefore, I am very respectful and tip well. There are so many people who feel they were meant to be served; they embrace it with an inflated sense of entitlement and superiority. Those people are ugly.
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Valerie
5/3/2018 10:41:48 am
I hadn't scrolled to the bottom of the post initially, but like to scroll as I read. I couldn't help but burst out laughing (at my desk...) when I saw the picture because that is EXACTLY what I pictured.
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Sally
5/3/2018 10:44:04 am
I don't know if you remember Leona Helmsley. She was a rich, greedy, mean hotel owner who treated her staff like dirt. I think she got into trouble for fraud and tax evasion. That's her picture.
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