The hour is already way past your dinner hour so you say, "that will be fine"
and get seated.
Along comes the waitress and says, "My name is Cassandra and I will be your server this evening."
Ninety nine percent of the time I pay no attention to what the waitress or waiter says but this time it was different. I immediately listened to what she said and made note of her name.
I don't know if it was the way she said it, her voice, her appearance or the name itself but I immediately took a liking to her!
This very attractive looking young lady was very professional and yet there was a warmth about her as she took our orders. Her eyes sparkled, she had a well modulated voice and spoke at a reasonable pace. ( what is it with young people today, they talk as fast as a fright train moves!)
During our meal, we speculated about Cassandra - why would such a charming and bright young lady be a waitress? Was she going to college and needed the extra income? Was she an unemployed actress that was doing this until she got her big break in show business?
I always felt it was not proper to ask a staff member a personal question but at the same time I thought to myself, "if I don't ask her what her goal in life is I would kick myself. I don't remember just the words I used but I had to find out!
Well, she told me that she's twenty two, likes being a waitress and believes in HAVING FUN!! She stressed the fun part!
Boy, was I disappointed!!!
What I'm thinking now is, "maybe that was her way of saying, "mind your own business!" (in a nice way)
What do you think?