Waitresses...A Rant!

Being on the road is a very different lifestyle from what most people are used to.  One thing that truckers have to manage is meals.  There are many different ways that we keep ourselves fed while out on the road and one way is by utilizing truckstop restaurants.  I prefer to eat at restaurants but have to mix it up by using other means in order to keep my expenses down.  All this is to get to the point of my post.  For the most part, the women that serve drivers in the truckstop restaurants are very good at what they do but from time to time you come across a waitress who thinks that we should feel privileged to be served by her.  My waitress tonight was one of those type of waitresses.  I understand that there are many factors that can influence the type of service we get when we are being waited on and I take those factors into account when I make my judgement regarding the quality of the service I am receiving.  Everyone does the same thing when they go out to eat.  You evaluate the waitress and tip her based on her performance.  Tonight I had dinner at the Old Outpost Cafe at the Pilot in Hisperia, CA and was served by a waitress named Shannon.  The experience was completely disappointing entirely because of the attitude that the waitress had and the service she provided because of that attitude.  I wasn't the only one in this waitresses section that was disappointed and the customers in the other waitresses section were completely satisfied with the service they were receiving.  I overheard her complaining to the other waitress about a table she had waited on that had a $45 bill only left her a $1 tip.  That should probably have been a hint to her that her service was sub par but instead of looking at it that way, all she could do was complain about her lack of tips for the evening.  Point is, this is the job that you were hired to do and you are expected to do it to the best of your ability regardless of your personal feelings or situation.  If it is not possible for you to perform your job then you should find another line of work.  We as drivers are held to a very high standard and if we do not do our job properly, the consequenses are very harsh.  They should be harsh due to the nature of our job.  Not all jobs share the same dangers or consequenses as our line of work but that should not be an excuse for not doing the job the way it is supposed to be done.

Happy Trails

Mike