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"Ma'am, today we are both understaffed and having an unexpected rush of business. I'm sorry it took the kitchen so long to get to your order, but I definitely appreciate you taking it out on me. There are two waitresses and two chefs to run this entire restaurant. I earn $2.00 an hour, and as you may have guessed, I have been having a wonderful day. Thank you for contributing to it."

~ What I said to a rude bitch who stiffed me on the tip, and then walked up to me afterward to continue complaining and "explain" why she stiffed me on the tip.

Afterward, she sort of spluffed and walked away, I cleaned off two more tables (and discovered I'd been stiffed by both of those, too). I then took a thirty-second break to walk outside, so I didn't snap someone's neck or burst into tears. Never smoked a single thing in my life, but I felt like I needed a cigarette. I'd quit, but I know what that would do to my friends there, the poor waitresses who would be left behind and even more understaffed.

The owner is selling the place tomorrow, not that she told us (I found out this morning). It's why we haven't hired any new waitresses (despite desperately needing them) since I was hired in early April. It's why we are short on just about every food supply, why none of the broken chairs or plates have been replaced, and why we didn't have enough chairs or cooks or damned chicken salad to handle the massive lunch crowd.

Today was a fabulous day.

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