I Spit in Your Food

Some customers make my day. Either through my ability to mock them or their ability to make me laugh. Often times it is both. I get to mock them AND they make me laugh. It’s like finding a free checking account that gives you interest on your balance.
The other day a woman walked up and asked me what sort of soup we would be offering that day for lunch. I had just clocked in 20 minutes before and did not know what was on the menu. So I did what any reasonable person would do. I responded with “No, I’m sorry. I don’t know what sort of soup we will be having. But you can come back in half an hour when we will be serving it and you can find out.” As I said this I was in a smiling mood. Obviously I was still within my first hour of work.
She responded with “Did you have to smile while saying that?”
“Yes.”
She then shook her fist in my general direction and walked away.
Apparently I was able to mock her and I didn’t even try. Change the scoreboard for the day to ‘Server: 1 Customer: 0′.
Later on in the day a man came through that I now call Shadow. He got that nickname not because he is sly or sneaky looking, unless you consider 300 pounds sly and sneaky, but because when he first introduced himself to me I was SURE he had said “Shadow”.
Shadow usually gets a box full of noodles and meat. Nearly every day he orders that. I am able to tease him about his lack of diet variety and vegetables, and he takes it with good taste.
One day he asked me why I always asked him if he wanted vegetables. I responded by saying there is always a chance and that there is a pool in the kitchen. I have January 28th.
Hooray for customers that make me laugh and I can mock. They are the buffer between me and me with a gun in the cafeteria.