So this is what I submitted to Not Always Right…not totally sure it falls within their guidelines, but it’s one of the more memorable stories I have, not to mention one of the more completely ridiculous ones. (This woman was in her sixties or seventies. GROW UP!)
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At the restaurant where I worked as a server, we gave customers free cake and balloons on their birthday. One night we didn’t have enough balloons for all the birthdays so only one table got a balloon — albeit a very limp one because we were also low on helium — while another table didn’t. The following ensued at the balloon-less table…
Birthday Woman: I don’t have a balloon. You’re supposed to give me a balloon for my birthday.
Me: I’m sorry, ma’am, we ran out, we don’t have any more.
Birthday Woman (pointing to adjacent table): But THEY have one. Why did they get one?
Me: They reserved their table first —
Woman #2 at Balloon-Less Table: This isn’t right, you’re supposed to give her a balloon. This is so wrong. You’re supposed to give her a balloon for her birthday.
Me: I’m sorry. We don’t have any more.
Birthday Woman: This isn’t right. This just isn’t right. I can’t believe you won’t give me a balloon.
Mad Birthday Woman and her friends stay mad the whole night, even though they get free cake and champagne.
Then when the other table leaves, Birthday Woman goes over to the table, takes their balloon, and brings it back to her table.
It just sits there, barely hovering over the surface. She is smug in her self-satisfaction. I have no words.
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Thanks for the suggestion, Dani. :D
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Well it made me laugh. I hope they use it.
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