After a bit of a hiatus on this series and a longer poll than I originally had planned, it’s finally closed. The new poll is reader submitted and is a bit controversial, as are the answers the reader provided….if you’re offended, then don’t vote.  Here are the results on the poll about cell phones:

Do you use your cell phone (talk/text/game) while you’re eating at a restaurant?

• Not unless there’s an emergency (44%, 87 Votes)
• No, I think it’s rude to the people I’m eating with (43%, 84 Votes)
• Yes, sometimes I get bored (9%, 18 Votes)
• Yes, I always have people to talk to (2%, 4 Votes)
• Yes, it’s just second nature to me. (2%, 4 Votes)

I put this poll online because of the latest influx of stupid people talking on their cell phones after telling me they’re ready to order. I then have to stand there for 10 minutes waiting on the guest to shut the fuck up, hang up the phone or at least pull it away from their head, then actually look at the menu to decide what they want. I get to listen to more pieces of conversation than I ever wanted to about people having sex, the positions they have it, and the frequency of which they have it. I know which of the regular guests are doing which drugs, and which dead beat dads owe child support. There’s nothing worse than going to a table and having a hand held in your face because the guest is too busy talking.

Many of these guests are very, very loud, and many more have some very ghetto and redneck accents, so other guests bitch about them, in turn leading me to bitch either at them or about them. Then we have the guests, and these are mainly teenagers, that spend their time texting, usually back and forth together from opposite sides of the table, and they take time out to ignore you.

Maybe it’s just that I’m a little bitchier than normal right now because I’ve had a very big lack of sleep this weekend. Long night last night, long day today, tying them together and you have a Ribeye who is probably more tired than I’ve ever been before….and I haven’t even had my shift at the restaurant yet. Only a meeting at the other job this morning and I came home to try nap….

I’m gonna move on now to a quick edition of Ghetto Names, then I’m going to try to nap for a couple of hours.

Ghetto Names of the Week:

Ladies: Corteallia

Natural

Brelonda

Gentlemen: LaNesterly

Ospario

Jermace

Well everyone, that’s about it for now. There will be more as soon as I have more time, or more sleep, whichever comes first.

Ribeye

You’ve all probably been wondering where the post explaining the pregnant woman poll has been. Well, after the results, you’ll see the reasons for the poll.

Should servers have the right to deny alcohol service to pregnant women?

• I’m on the fence: I don’t agree with pregnant women drinking, but I don’t agree with denying something legal either. (43%, 99 Votes)
• Yes, servers should be allowed to deny alcohol service if they feel it will be unsafe. (29%, 67 Votes)
• No, it’s not the servers place to dictate how a woman chooses to treat her unborn child (11%, 25 Votes)
• No, if they are legal the women should be allowed to drink what they want, pregnant or not (10%, 23 Votes)
• Yes, women should not be able to put the baby’s life at risk, especially if they chose to continue the pregnancy (8%, 18 Votes)

Most of you are on the fence about this issue and that’s quite understandable.  Many doctors tell pregnant women that one glass of wine or one beer a day is good for them.  I wasn’t as specific as that with this poll, and maybe I should have been.

I had a guest last week that was almost 8 months pregnant.  Legally, here in TN, a server cannot deny a pregnant woman alcohol if she is legal and not already intoxicated.  We can’t deny her alcohol just because she is a pregnant woman, no matter if we have a moral or ethical issue with it.

This woman was not ordering just a glass of wine or a bottle of beer.  This woman started out her night with a Jager Bomb.  During the two hours they were at my table, I served this woman the Jager Bomb, two Long Island Iced Teas, and a shot of house tequila.  That’s just the stuff that I served her.  I was told that if I refused to serve her that I could be fired for discrimination.  Nobody else would take the table from me, and I couldn’t get a manager to pick it up.

After they cashed out, leaving me nothing on their 70 dollar bill, fucking redneck scum, she had her boyfriend get her about 5 more drinks from the bar.  I tried to tell the bartender that they were going to a pregnant woman, who by that time was starting to get lit, but they didn’t listen.  She went outside to smoke about 9-10 times, don’t know how many she smoked but it was at least 9.  She was quite loud in asking the other girl at the table for a xanax (after cashing out, that would have given me a reason to deny her service), so she was taking nerve pills on top of all the alcohol.

This is why I made the poll.  I was fuming by the time this scum left my restaurant, and I could do nothing about it.  Had I been in the mood to lose my job, I would have said something to her, but I can’t really afford to lose that job.  The other job doesn’t provide enough income to survive on.

I’m all for a woman’s right to choose.  I’m all for the one glass of wine or beer during pregnancy if they really want one.  Hell, I don’t even care if the woman smokes.  I’m almost sure my mom smoked when she was pregnant with me.  This bitch was going overboard, however, and it made me want to hurt her.  I can only hope that she’s not doing this on a regular basis because that child will be born with fetal alcohol syndrome if it’s not stillborn.  What she did was criminal, and the laws that say we can’t deny a woman alcohol based on pregnancy need to be fine tuned a bit.

This bitch is the reason that I started the poll.

I’d appreciate your opinions on this, elaborated from your answers on the poll.  I’m curious to know the reasons for your answers.  I can see why most of you would give the “on the fence” answer and once again, that’s my fault for not being more clear.

The Restaurant Customer Stereotype series will return tomorrow, and Ghetto names of the week will be back next week.  I’m also trying to find the time to call a young news producer of a radio station to set up an interview, something that was offered to me a month and a half ago.  That’s the lack of time I’ve got right now, as I was supposed to call her last week.  I’ll make sure to let you all know when it’s set up, and where you’ll be able to hear it.

Thanks as always, and keep coming.  I’m not getting as much posted but I’m doing the best I can!

Ribeye

It’s a little late in the game, but I realized that the last poll that I’ve posted was still going. I have to post a new one, and when I get done with the next post you’ll understand why I’m putting up the new one because they go together. It’ll be up sometime tomorrow.

At any rate, here are the results of the previous poll:

I asked you all if you defend your service people when you see them getting “shit” from other customers.

• Yes, especially if they didn’t do anything wrong (46%, 61 Votes)
• Yes, they are people too (21%, 28 Votes)
• No, it’s not my business (20%, 26 Votes)
• Yes, because arguing with people gives me a rush! (8%, 10 Votes)
• No, I prefer to sit back and enjoy the show (5%, 6 Votes)
• No, that’s just part of their job. (1%, 1 Votes)

To the people who answered “that’s just part of their job” and “No, I prefer to sit back and enjoy the show”, I have only this to say.  Fuck you.  You’re probably the ones who do the bitching half the time.

Ghetto Names of the Week

Women:   LaMuslima (I saw this one on CNN, a lawyer)

Rabreeda

Valeetha

ValKeena

Men:  LaRuntta (Yes, this was a guys name.  He was a dick)

VoMario

KooTooh

Nakeeman

Qwantony

Welcome back, everyone. The last poll came to me after reading some of the comments on the “Bring me some Bailey’s” post. It made me wonder just how many people think that teenagers under the age of 21 should be able to drink. Here are the responses:

• If they stay home and drink, and don’t get into a car, then people can do what they want. (55%, 84 Votes)
• >No, people shouldn’t drink under 21, the laws were made for a reason. (36%, 55 Votes)
• I don’t care, I don’t drink. (5%, 8 Votes)
• It’s in the Constitution, everyone should be allowed to drink. (4%, 6 Votes)

Well, I can see that most people are of the opinion that they should be allowed to drink while at home.  I don’t agree with that.  Speaking from personal experience, they’ll start out drinking at home, but later in the night will be elsewhere.

Ghetto Names of the Week

Ladies:  Micresha

Shandell

Syndeah

Charmaneetra

Chauntal

Gentlemen:  Breeze (pronounced Breezy)

Ballah (Breeze’s brother)

Damius

Soman (pronounced Su’ man)

 Lemarius

That’s it for this week, come back soon for more of the server you love to hate.

 Ribeye

Due to the fact that I got home from work at 5:30 last night and proceeded to pass out cold, this weeks poll results and Ghetto Names will be today. Sorry for the wait, but at least I managed to get a Round Table up for you all.

This most recent poll was inspired by our favorite Ranch Drinker in all the world, Springs1. This one’s for you “Biggun”.

• Yes, she’s a hateful ghetto woman that’s fat from Ranch injections (31%, 44 Votes)
• Springs is just a sad woman with OCD (23%, 33 Votes)
• She’s a wannabe server from DonutLand with a superiority complex (17%, 24 Votes)
• She’s a fat man hiding behind the internet trying to cause a stir with the masses (13%, 19 Votes)
• I’m Springs1 and I’m tired of sites like this making a mockary of my life (9%, 12 Votes)
• She’s a secret shopper for many restaurants who enjoys failing servers (4%, 5 Votes)
• She’s what she says she is, a 5′1 skinny as a rail happily married woman who has bad experiences when she goes out to eat and we should lay off of her. (3%, 4 Votes)

These results are leading me to wonder whether the original took the time to come here and vote between searching for herself and ordering sides of ranch to take from one restaurant to another (which, by the way, is not allowed in many restaurants.)  No matter what she does, Springs always managed to bring me traffic with her ranting and raving.

Ghetto Names of the Week

Women: Teriquah

LaPreshis

RaYanda

Taleshia

Tanequa

Francia

Retonda

Walkeria

LoLetia

Latreec

Men:  Demontrae

 Danyall

Lakeeto

Well everyone, the women definately beat the men this week.  Next ween, I plan to take down an even bigger list from work, and next week I plan to not lose it half way through the week.

Much Love Everybody!

Ribeye