Precious Precious Plate of Prawn Chips.

After working at the same place for five years, customers rarely change. They order roughly about the same thing, drink the same thing and pretty much are the same in most cases. You become in tune with your regular customers, from the ones that make you smile a little more because they are lovely to the ones that come in and you still have to grin but groan deep down inside.

This is pretty much the definition of the Friday Regulars. There are many many stories to tell about these lovely charming plain out right annoying customers. But let's just go with this rather silly annoying little comment that they made.

Friday Regular: You know we were just outside telling this couple how lovely this restaurant is and convincing them that they should try it.
Me: Oh, well, thank you very much. [Insert waitress smile here]
Friday Regular: We have been coming here for a long time and you know what? We never get anything special. Not once have we ever been given a plate or prawn chips or anything like that.

I just continued to smile my waitress smile which has now faded to that really plastic kind of smile. There's reasons why you don't get anything for free. Pretty much because you do not deserve it.

And here are the reasons why.

1. There is no way in this world are you even going to be remotely thankful that I have given you a 'free' plate of prawn chips, in fact that just gives you the chance of throwing it in my face.
2. In all the years that you have come to eat, if you really wanted prawn chips (free or not) would it have hurt to ask?
3. If you stopped finding new things complain about every week, then maybe there would more room for us to actually give you prawn chips. But then maybe you would complain about them one way or another.

So this is my deal. If you actually stop complaining, ask politely and actually appreciate my service then maybe one of these days you might get that plate of prawn chips that you so dream about. But then again maybe that day will never really come will it?

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I know I've been gone awhile

But I'm promising myself to keep you all amused.

So there will be more regular updates.