Lack of Common Sense or Stupidity

Hi Everyone:

So my wife and I went out to dinner recently and we were astounded at what the waitress did.

The hostess seated us at a table that had just been cleaned off but had not yet been set up. A short while later the waitress arrived to take our drink order. She noticed that there were no placemats, napkins or silverware. She said she would be right back. I went to the bathroom to wash my hands.

While I was walking back towards our table I noticed that the waitress had returned and had already placed down the placemats and napkins. Then she did something that astounded me. She held the silverware by the business ends instead of the handles when she placed them on the table. By the time I arrived at our table the waitress had left. My wife hadn't noticed due to the fact that she was reading the menu. I mentioned to my wife what the waitress had done. My wife, in her infinite wisdom, asked me not to say anything. So we cleaned off our silverware with the napkins and I didn't say anything. My mistake!

The waitress then returned with our drinks. Unbelievably she was holding them by the top of the glasses, where our lips would touch, instead of the body of the glasses. I could not hold my tongue this time and I told her that was not the correct way to hold the glasses. She apologized. My wife and I then wiped off our glasses with our napkins and asked her for some more clean napkins.

Now I would presume and hope that she would have been trained on how to properly hold silverware, that's why there are handles, and the proper way to hold and serve glasses. Even if she had not paid attention to her trainer, you would at least think that common sense would have kicked in. But apparently that was not the case with us. In these times, with the regular flu and the swine flu set to rear their ugly heads, it is very important to try to not spread germs of any kind. Holding silverware and glasses incorrectly will undoubtedly spread any germs that are on the wait staffs fingers and or hands.

I am glad that I spoke up and told the waitress of her mistakes and can only hope that she does not do it again.

Common sense rules!

Til next week.