Work is So Strange by Malaysian Eddy
January 4th, 2008 11:29 PMThis week however, some interesting and bizarre things have happened to me while I was at work.
12/31/07
I sat in the girls locker room sipping tequila with a coworker discussing abortion and pregnancy. We drank half the bottle to bring in the new year.
01/01/08
Boring day at work
01/02/08
Not paying attention, I walked directly into Alec Baldwin coming out of the bathroom.
01/03/08
Off from work
01/04/08
Most of those thing seem like normal occurrences at my work place. Today was slightly more interested. It was a slow night, my second table for the evening was this lone guy who told me I looked like Selma Blair. We joked around and talked and then after dropping the check he asked me, "If I tip you $40.00, will you give me five minutes of your time?".
To be quite honest, I was insulted by his offer. It's not uncommon for people to feel that treating the wait-staff like second class citizens is acceptable. Most think that we're uneducated and spend most of our money on booze and coke. I've had tables try to put me in my place before and I've always stood up for myself.
I starred at the guy (who didn't look creepy at all, in fact he was a good looking man in his late 20's, dressed like a rock star with flashy rings and a leather jacket) and asked, "Are you saying that you won't tip me unless I go outside with you? No, I'm sorry but I don't feel comfortable with this at all. I would rather not get a tip if this is the case" and walked off. I am not a prostitute, hell...I don't even like being a waiter.
After his tabled had been cleared once he left, I went and picked up the check and found a letter.
He wrote:
"would've tipped you anyway regardless,
heading into the wilderness...
just wanted you to know
Understand
whatever
Am old steppenwolf.
Sincerely,
Daniel"
On a $60.00 tab, he still tipped me $40.00.
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I thinks that's Steppenwolf, rather than steppin wolf, but I've been wrong before...
Yes, Lank, but what does it MEAN? Hmmm?
Eddy had the conversation with the man, can she help us figure out what it means?
Okay, admittedly his hand writing is difficult to read. Steppenwolf is a band from the 60's and this guy was in his 20's.
Perhaps he was the estranged son of one of the band members?
I think he felt bad for offending you. He was probably tasking for some other game.
(Heh, that sounds like a life philosophy... "he didn't mean you harm, he was just tasking for some other game.")
I assumed he was talking about the theater company. Something along the lines of, "I just wanted you to know, understand, whatever, an old actor." Granted, that's also kind of a weird thing to say.
But, perhaps he was referring to himself as a coyote and thought it sounded cooler in German? (Which, I suppose, it does.)
ahhh that would make more sense then my estranged son idea....ahahahaha
This from the girl who said…
"Doesn't that girl at my table look like Sheryl Crow?"
-That was Sheryl Crow hope you offered her one piece of toilette paper.
I think that your admirer must've been a Herman Hesse fan, or total lit nerd, and trying to get to know you in a way so kinda over-thought that it probably came across as insulting.
Also, I have a friend who smokes quite a bit and this seems almost like something he'd do, but his name's not Daniel.
yes, but, having not read Steppenwolf,
what does it mean to be an old one?
except that he's kindof a wanker, but in a sort of pitiable way.
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