Tonight Kinda Sucked

Something about the atmosphere was just no good tonight. Most of my parties weren't very pleasant, which I can deal with, but there was an incident with one of my tables that really agitated me.

The rules for the free kids' meals are all weird and kind of annoying everyone because it makes getting the checks right more complicated. When the promotion was first started we were told it couldn't be combined with a share. When it was changed we were told they also had to order sushi with each adult meal to qualify. Well today not only did they decide to let someone do an appetizer instead of sushi but they told me that I had the rule about the share completely wrong. So after taking a few minutes to explain it...I still don't understand it.

The family left really pissed, apparently (I'll bet anything it was just the mom--she was the only rude one all night, going on about nothing good happening on her apparent birthday and nothing being free), and were caught before leaving to be given a gift certificate for my supposed mistake. Keep in mind that I had my check looked over twice by one of the owners before delivering it. So they need to get their rules straight.

That aside, it was a steady to busy night. Wednesday's tend to be like that and then things slow back down on Thursday. I'm convinced it's the "hump day" effect. I had birthdays at my tables for the first time (only one of which was actually mentioned to me) and that table was actually really awesome. Though dinner wasn't insanely busy, lunch was, so we actually ran out of soup during dinner! They had to make more!

Shortly after we opened one of the cooks had made this sweet soup with corn and what look like tiny bobas in it. It was really hot--in temperature--and super sweet. I could only handle one bowl, but I brought some home. Makanai was leftover lunch vegetables and chicken! Chicken, finally! The silly cook tried to tell me it was "Japanese beef!" He's always lying to me. Closing went pretty smoothly. I used six checks I think, and I brought home $34.34 out of the $70+ I made in tips. Best I've done all week. I've used too much spending money this week, so I'm going to be more strict with what I make for the rest of the week!

That's all for now. I work doubles for the next two days, so I should get some sleep!