Valentine’s Day: When Romance Becomes The Responsibility Of Your Waiter

Bookings for Valentine’s Day are coming in and we all know it’s going to be madness. My manager is groaning as he’s sat at the computer managing the bookings.

Manager: “Ugh, Jesus!”

Me: “What now.”

Manager: “Every single booking, and I mean literally every single one, has a variation of this written in the special requests section of the booking form.”

I come over to look at the screen and he highlights the note on the current booking.

Note: “Not sure if you’re aware but it’s Valentine’s Day so I will be expecting you to make my girl feel special. Flowers, Champagne toast, heart-shaped chocolates, anything you can gift us will be appreciated. I am looking forward to see what you put together!”

Me: “Yuck. AKA, “I’m cheap and lack any imagination so I’m putting this all on you”.”

Manager: “Yeah well he’ll be getting a plastic rose in a vase like everyone else. If he wants all that s*** he’s paying for it.”

I made a note of that booking and the table assigned to it when I was working on Valentine’s Day. I noted that every table that night had 2-3 plastic roses in a vase at the table. That guy’s table had one…