Kill Bill
It’s a busy Friday night. I am working near the entrance and I hear our host tell a small group:
Host: “It’s going to be a twenty-minute wait for a table.”
While the host is seating people who were there first, this group sees a dirty table and I overhear them mumbling:
Customer: “They’re obviously terrible at their job; there are tables free!”
They go sit at the dirty table, and as I am the first person they see, they address me.
Customer: “We’re ready to order drinks!”
Me: “Thanks for eating with us today. Your bill will be along shortly.”
Customer: “Uh… No, we just sat down. Can you clear the table?”
Me: “No, you must have been here already. We don’t seat people until the tables have been cleared. I’ll bring you the bill…”
I went to fetch the imaginary bill. When I came back, they were back in the waiting area.
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