Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich for November 15, 2012

My sister’s boyfriend did that to a waiter once. Fortunately the guy was easy going about it, but every time they go back to that restaurant, the waiter will snap his fingers at him in jest (I think).

When I waited tables, some guy pulled that. I did a Flamenco dance over to the table snapping my fingers like castanets.

I wonder, what do you do when your waiter seems to look in all directions, except yours?

With unemployment the way it is, why is good help so hard to find?

I was at a diner a little further north once, and an elderly tourist had a bell he kept ringing to get the waitress’ attention. Fortunately the girl’s grandfather, the sheriff, came in for dinner as well. When the guy rang the bell a few times more, the sheriff told Jim he would put him in handcuffs if he did it again. The idiot said it was his right to get the waitress’ attention however he chose, and rang the bell in the sheriff’s face. The guy ended up in handcuffs in the back of the police car charged with disturbing the peace and had to sit there while the sheriff finished his dinner. Gotta love small town Maine.

What is wrong with getting your butt off your chair and walking over to management and asking for service if it has been too long?

Snapping your fingers at anyone is plain rude.