#waitress problems

I'm a waitress at a restaurant, and yesterday I had an... interesting conversation with two customers

(I'll use a fake name ok? ok).

me: Welcome!, my name is Noah and I will be serving you today :D

man: Noah? honey, your cousin is called like that, right?

Woman (looking at the menu): ...yes

me: That's great! Noah is a nice name :D

woman: Ah, but Noah died a few months ago.

me: D:

man: Noah? When?

woman: last year, did you forget?

man: no... wait, I'm talking about your other cousin.

woman: ah yes, Noah A.

me (embarrassed and wanting to go): uh ... I'll... leave the menu here and...

woman: That woman is horrible, I really can't stand her. Did you see how she looked at me on my birthday?

man: unpleasant.

Me: ... I'll be back later... when you want to order .,_,.

woman: Darling, do you have another name? A nickname? Noah is nice, but I don't want to ruin my meal by calling you by that name.

me: ... *sigh* my friends call me "Nenita" 'cuz I'm the youngest of the teamwork.

woman: Ok, Nenita, I want a cofee :)

*And so the lady proceeded to criticize her cousin throughout the night*

The End.

At the pub where I work, we are accepting both card and cash payments. A lot of people appreciate that they can use cash, as there a lot of places currently refusing to accept it.

So I have a table ask for their bill, I bring it over, he asks if he can pay cash. I say yes, no problem, and he gets out his wallet and jokes that "it's clean, don't worry; I washed it this morning". I laugh it off, and THEN... this guy, in a GLOBAL FUCKING PANDEMIC, gets out his cash, LICKS HIS FINGER, counts it out and hands it to me. Man I held that cash at arms length like it was a ticking bomb and downed my hands in sanitiser once it was in the till. To add to it all, I was cashing up tonight so had to touch it again when counting the till, cue a shed load more sanitiser.

service is hard and most of us really want your stays to be enjoyable and bust our asses for it. a little kindness goes a long way and we will appreciate it a lot. nobody means to mess up your order. nobody wants to decline your voucher if it’s expired. 

we get paid minimum wage and still do our best. just don’t yell at us please.

Me: You want take out??

Customer: No. To go.

Me:

1. Why do people go out to eat and then rush the server if they have something to go afterwards?? Like, you could have avoided this. Literally only YOU control what time you get to the restaurant. Your unpreparedness shouldn’t have to make ME rush your shit over anyone else’s.