Sometimes my job isn't so bad...

Last night was an exceptional night. For the first time ever, I was thanked formally for singing the birthday song, not by the people who asked me to sing it, but by the birthday girl. She was young and looking forward to us coming and singing to her. It was a legit birthday and when the little girl came up to me without her parents having told her to, in order to thank me, I could only say "thank you sweetie, you're the first person to ever thank me for singing the birthday song."

After their table I had a few nice tips from easy going guests. One tip was $8 on a $30 tab, which was totally shocking but a really really nice surprise. I then proceeded to get less than 10% tips from the rest of my tables until that one last table came to sit down in my section.

They started off extremely friendly and nice, knowing what they wanted without even seeing a menu. They were chatty, humorous (in the good non-corny way) and caring of their kids. They asked if I had a sweater or anything of my own I could lend their little girl, but unfortunately I left my sweatshirt in my car a few parking lots away, so I ventured throughout the restaurant looking for someone to loan me something. I ended up not finding anything but another guest joined their table and brought a sweatshirt for the girl to wear. Their food came out fairly quick and they ordered some more drinks and another kid meal. I really didn't seem to worry about these folks, and when they asked for the check I already had it on hand. They were really pleasant and didn't run me around at all. The bill was around $59 and change, they left me $100.

While I don't feel I deserved that large of a tip for such little work, these people must see something in another way. Who knows, maybe they have served themselves or just know how it works. Either way, they made me a very happy person last night, and I can't even think of any other way to thank them other than writing about it in this blog.