Never in my years as a waitress did I think of something like this spawning a reaction like what I received.
On Tuesday the 29th of December of this year, I was waiting tables at The Hummingbird Tearoom, I have worked there for awhile now and had some pretty big days and seen a lot of people go and come and come and go through out the employees and the costumers.
Well this family comes in every year, they are from either Texas or some near by city here in NM. A family of four, older sibling as a sister and younger being male. The older of the two kids was messing around out front of the restaurant throwing snowballs at the family. I thought it would be cool if i said something stupid so i did. I said "what they left you out here?" She laughed and continued to go and sit with the rest of her family. Well after I go their drinks gave them a few minutes I came to take their order and as I left I said "if you really want to have a snowball fight, come out back we can play around in the snow while the cooks are working on the food. They were skeptical at first but they eventually got their jackets on, dad the son and the daughter, mom took pictures with her cell phone and the camera. For about 10 minutes we messed around in the snow and finally gave up on it thinking that lunch was on it's way. It was awesome the daughter and I pounded snowballs into the dad's face at least two or three times...
Their meal went great, maybe one drink refill it was a waitress's best table ever The food was awesome (As usual from our kitchen). My co-worker JJ said that they would have never had that much fun any where else. My boss and her husband agreed. Well their ticket came to $37.06 and they had left the building, the dad handing me the black book saying the rest is yours. He left a hundred dollar bill. I gave ten to the kitchen. The rest went to my groceries, my debts with the phone bill, gas money to go up to the mountain, and the biggest smile on my face. My day could not go any better, except we could of used more business. Earlier that day I was to be reminded that they came in for breakfast (which we don't serve anymore) and they stayed anyway just to have our famous Coyote Cocoa and some coffee. They left ten dollars that morning for JJ.
I hope that they know how awesome it was for any of us to know them, we hope to see them next year and years to come. We also would like everyone to know how badass that was, for someone to know and recognize friendship through out the village of Ruidoso, and that the economy may be down but there is still kindness after Christmas, even for those like us who don't celebrate it!
Awesomeness, and love
On Tuesday the 29th of December of this year, I was waiting tables at The Hummingbird Tearoom, I have worked there for awhile now and had some pretty big days and seen a lot of people go and come and come and go through out the employees and the costumers.
Well this family comes in every year, they are from either Texas or some near by city here in NM. A family of four, older sibling as a sister and younger being male. The older of the two kids was messing around out front of the restaurant throwing snowballs at the family. I thought it would be cool if i said something stupid so i did. I said "what they left you out here?" She laughed and continued to go and sit with the rest of her family. Well after I go their drinks gave them a few minutes I came to take their order and as I left I said "if you really want to have a snowball fight, come out back we can play around in the snow while the cooks are working on the food. They were skeptical at first but they eventually got their jackets on, dad the son and the daughter, mom took pictures with her cell phone and the camera. For about 10 minutes we messed around in the snow and finally gave up on it thinking that lunch was on it's way. It was awesome the daughter and I pounded snowballs into the dad's face at least two or three times...
Their meal went great, maybe one drink refill it was a waitress's best table ever The food was awesome (As usual from our kitchen). My co-worker JJ said that they would have never had that much fun any where else. My boss and her husband agreed. Well their ticket came to $37.06 and they had left the building, the dad handing me the black book saying the rest is yours. He left a hundred dollar bill. I gave ten to the kitchen. The rest went to my groceries, my debts with the phone bill, gas money to go up to the mountain, and the biggest smile on my face. My day could not go any better, except we could of used more business. Earlier that day I was to be reminded that they came in for breakfast (which we don't serve anymore) and they stayed anyway just to have our famous Coyote Cocoa and some coffee. They left ten dollars that morning for JJ.
I hope that they know how awesome it was for any of us to know them, we hope to see them next year and years to come. We also would like everyone to know how badass that was, for someone to know and recognize friendship through out the village of Ruidoso, and that the economy may be down but there is still kindness after Christmas, even for those like us who don't celebrate it!
Awesomeness, and love
