Several nights ago Sleepless and I dined with Ice Cream Man at one of our favorite eateries. After much consumption, she and I promised to return today for more wetting of our pallets – news that was pleasing to our waiter’s parts (ears and stuff).
She and I arrived and were seated at the table next to the table we had eaten at during our last visit. We thought for sure this would result in us getting the same server. Not so, and this proved to be problematic for him – he was quite jealous of the other server. As we teased our new server, who had previously flashed us his muscular calves, it quickly became clear he didn’t remember us. “Sorry, I don’t recognize you in the light,” he told us. “Don’t worry, you’re not the first person to tell us that,” Sleepless replied.
We ordered our meals and, due to the fact that it was Mardi Gras, also ordered a drink. In an attempt to make up for not remembering us, he did what other men do – brought us really strong drinks. “I put extra gin in there. I want to get you girls frisky,” he said and then walked away, with his muscular calves, blushing.
He returned a wee bit later and asked if we’d like another drink. “Yes, but I have to wait for someone to leave,” Sleepless told him. “Her sponsor is here,” I added. “I understand,” he said. Like a good enabler, I mean waiter, he brought over two drinks and hid them behind the menu.
I took a sip of the second drink and told Sleepless I wasn’t sure I could taste the gin. “I can totally smoke, taste the gin. I was looking at two things,” she told me. Uh huh. The waiter returned with a spoonful of espresso whipped cream for us to taste before deciding on a dessert. “I brought this because I want to watch,” he told us. He did and then said, “You girls need to come here every Tuesday. You are bad. I like you.”
As we were finishing our drinks, he returned to the table, quickly handed each of us a pack of sugar, aptly labeled, “SUGAR,” and said, “I think you dropped your name tags.”
I’m not sure what I’m giving up for lent, but I know I’m keeping this server!