Slow Fish & Blushing Waiters

To my readers,

A few weeks ago I shared a story called Audits & Raw Fish. This is from that same event. 

Its funny how one event can have so many more stories than you can share in one setting.  This is very much one of those times. We ate at Zushi Sushi, which has amazing sushi, which is a plus considering the price tag that comes with it.

What I found interesting was that it took nearly an hour and forty minutes before our food was brought to us.  This is actually fine with me. I wasn’t in a rush nor am I a picky eater. I also figured since our waiter appeared younger that he was still new to the job.  Either way, it wasn’t an issue to me at all.

It wasn’t until later that he dropped the ball.

And I laughed so hard that tears began to form, making my day complete.  

Let me explain, the laughter wasn’t at his expense.  In fact, the waiter was taking everyone’s orders and called each of us ‘sir’ or ‘man’ with very proper manners. He was very polite. His mom should be proud that she raised him right. It wasn’t until he reached my one girl co-worker that his response was wrong. 

“What will you have, sir?” he asked.

He called her ‘sir.’

Though we all heard him, he quickly tried to recover. “I’m so sorry ma’am.  I didn’t mean that in anyway.  It was just a reaction from saying it so much to the other gentlemen at the table.  In fact, you’re quite beautiful!” 

Good recovery.

It was probably one of the only recoveries I had ever heard that didn’t make things worst. Our co-worker is a great wonderful woman who handled the situation very well.  Way to go young waiter! A teacher used to tell me that a good recovery is more important that the ability to be perfect and not make mistakes.

We all laughed and the waiter put our order into the kitchen.  Though we all left tips, my co-worker that was called beautiful said she left him a nice tip.  It wasn’t until another intern spoke that we all nearly died laughing. 

“I think he called you a man just so he could call you beautiful.” 

After joking more with our co-worker, she finally said it, “Oh, Tex.” 

Simply,

Tex G.M. Rule

"Those who control their tongue will have a long life; opening your mouth can ruin everything." Proverbs 13:3, NLT