Waitressing - it could happen to you!

I just watched It could happen to you, and it left me with a strange urge to go back to waitressing. Well at least considering it. I'm thinking- it could happen to me! You never know - sometimes good things happen to good people (well assuming I'm a good person).

What a charming movie.

Nicholas Cage does the good guy thing so well with those soft eyes and gentle demeanor. He's a good cop who offers a waitress a share of his lottery ticket instead of a tip. They win and of course fall in love. Not the best movie (hardcore cynics won't enjoy it) but really enjoyable and kind of leaves you with a warm feeling inside.

I used to waitress - for far too long. I hated it and I loved it. Just thinking about it conjures up images of drunken ass grabbing and the worlds worst tippers who undoubtedly I had the pleasure of serving. You know the kind - they make you run through hoops for them and then tip badly. I once had a woman insist that I take the pips out of her tomatoes for her. Serious.

Anyway so I am thinking abit about waitressing and looking around to see if anybody has ever gotten even remotely that lucky and I stumbled upon find the coolest games! (even me who is a general game retard).

You are a waitress, "new and easy to fire". You need to keep your customers happy or you will die. This game is a great way to gain apprecaition for the skills involved in waiting tables. And it's fun - really fun. It starts off slow but builds to quite a pace. Every customer that walks off means you lose a life and eventually you die.

Give it a go here.

You'll find it does have some problems that get abit irritating. The waitress doesn't walk any faster than a stroll - which just isn't good enough when the restuarant is full! The kitchen only makes one order at a time.

Yahoo also has a waitressing game that is great. This one is also fun - faster waitress more customers and tables as well as some add ons like music and extra tables.

Try out Diner Dash here.

This one improves upon some of the faults of the one before it - but for some reason I prefer the other one. The Diner Dash has plenty more special features ; like the ability to add more tables and music.

I wonder if we get some bad tippers to play if they will change their ideas about how undeserving waiting staff is of the small service fees?

Here's an idea - if when you do go out again; leave a generous tip because:
1. It's good karma
2. If you don't you might come back in your next life as a waiter!
3. You don't want to worry about spit in your food - DO YOU...?