AFRAID OF DISABLED PEOPLE?????????????????????
SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE MISSED MY BLOG THAT I AM WAITING ON THE STATE OF KENTUCKY TO "GRANT" ME MY REAL ESTATE LICENSE****WHICH I SO RICHLY DESERVE*******, BUT UNTIL THEN I GOT A JOB AS A WAITRESS. I HAVEN'T WORKED IN THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY IN ABOUT TEN YEARS, BUT IT IS ALL COMING BACK TO ME, ***ALL OF IT******
I HAD FORGOTTEN THAT WHEN I LEFT THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS AS A GENERAL MANAGER, THERE WERE MANY SERVERS WHO DIDN'T.......****WOULDN'T***** WAIT ON "HANDICAPPED PEOPLE" IT MADE THEM "NERVOUS". THIS ALWAYS MADE ME ANGRY, SO, WHEN I WOULD SEE SOMEONE OBVIOUSLY "DISABLED", AND WE ALSO HAD MANY REGULARS I'D CALL "A LITTLE OFF", I'D JUST GRAB AN APRON AND GO WAIT ON THEM MYSELF. THANGS THEY HAVEN'T "ACHANGED."
I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN WORKING HERE TWO WEEKS YET AND ALREADY SEE IT. I HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN OUT OF "TRAINING"YET, IE: LEARNING THEIR CRAZY WAY OF WRITING CODES ON TICKETS, BUT I STILL SAID, "OK, I CAN TAKE TWO TABLES, TILL I GET USED TO IT". THE AVERAGE TABLE LOAD HERE IS 6-8 TABLES. THIS IS GOING TO TICK SOME OFF AS IT DID ME WAY WAY WAY BEFORE I BECAME "DISABLED", IT STILL GALLS ME.
TODAY, THE SEATING HOSTESS CAME AND GOT ME AND SAID...." I JUST SAT YOU AN ELDERLY COUPLE. HE HAS HOOKS FOR HANDS AND SHE IS BLIND, IS THAT OK, SO AND SO WAS UP TO BE SEATED, BUT SHE DOESN'T LIKE WAITING ON THEM". I WAS ******SO ANNOYED IT WAS BEYOND BELIEF. I THEN SAID" JULIE, SEAT ME EVERY VISIBLY HANDICAPPED PERSON AND ALL THE "STRANGE ONES" NO ONE WANTS, ALL DAY LONG PLEASE. SHE DID. MY STATION ( MY TWO LITTLE TABLES) WERE ALWAYS FULL.
ANYWAY, I GOT TO KNOW MR AND MRS JONES AND LEARNED SHE LOST ONE EYE TO GLAUCOMA, AND THE OTHER TO THE RAVAGES OF OPTIC NERVE INJURY FROM A STROKE YEARS AGO. SHE HAS ONE ARTIFICIAL EYE AND A PROSTHEIC ONE ON HER GLASSES. MR JONES LOST HIS HANDS IN WW2. OF COURSE I TOLD THEM ABOUT ME. I TOLD HER I DIDN'T WANT TO "BABY HER" BUT WOULD, WITH HER PERMISSION, MOVE HER HANDS TO WHERE I PLACED ITEMS SO SHE WOULDN'T KNOCK THEM OVER.
MR JONES SAYS" TAKES A LOAD OFF MY DUTY FOR TODAY", JOKINGLY OF COURSE. I TOUCHED HIS HOOKS WHEN NEEDED, TO TO HELP HIM WITH HIS COFFEE, DIDN'T BOTHER ME IN THE LEAST. HE EATS QUITE WELL BY HIMSELF I MIGHT ADD, NO HELP NEEDED FROM ME. THEY WERE A JOY.
THEN THERE WAS MR FISHER. HE ONLY HAS ONE ARM.HE LOST IT IN VIETNAM. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. I JUST ASKED, HOW ID YOU LOSE YOUR ARM? HE DIDN'T MIND TELLING, SEEMED TO WANT TO RATHER THAN ME IGNORE IT.
THEN THERE WAS MR AND MRS HOPKINS. SHE IS IN A WHEELCHAIR AND ON OXYGEN DUE TO A STROKE. OF COURSE I HAD TO ASK AND THEN CHIME IN AND SHE AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT. HERS AND MINE. THE MR SEEMED HAPPY HE COULD EAT IN PEACE. MRS HOPKINS IS A "TALKER". LOL.
THEN THERE WERE SEVERAL " STRANGE ONES" I HAVEN'T FIGURED THEM ALL OUT YET, BUT IN THE FEW MONTHS I PLAN TO BE THERE, I WILL. PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE AND ALL DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT. NO ONE WANTS TO BE "IGNORED" AND MADE TO FEEL THAT SOMEONE( ESPECIALLY A WAITRESS) DOESN'T "NOTICE" THEY HAVE A DISABILTY. THEY DON'T WANT "SPECIAL" TREATMENT, ONLY WHAT ANYONE WANTS. ATTENTION AND RESPECT.
BTW, WHEN ALL THE GIRLS AND GUYS WERE COUNTING THEIR MONEY IN THE BREAK ROOM, THEY WERE ALL SO CURIOUS AS TO WHAT I "MADE" AS I WAS COUNTING A WAD. THEY AVERAGED 25-40$ WITH A FULL SECTION. I MADE $52. GO FIGURE. I DIDN'T DO THAT FOR THE MONEY, I DO IT BECAUSE I TRULY CARE ABOUT PEOPLE AND ALWAYS WILL. IF IT HELPS ME EARN MORE MONEY, SO BE IT. I AM VERY SINCERE AND I GUESS IT SHOWS.
KIM
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