Let him do his thing, and then you get him out. No messing with him for laughs.

Mal ,'Ariel'


Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - Aug 25, 2006 5:29:23 am PDT #4473 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think Bob Bob and CFerg need to go on a rampage of likeableness.


Strega - Aug 25, 2006 5:30:38 am PDT #4474 of 10001

We kept trying to befriend the servers at the local pub we went to every week. Just as a project. Also because we thought it would be super-cool if, when they saw us come in, they would immediately put in an order for the cheese sticks we'd invariably ask for. We always seemed to get different waitrons, though, and then we stopped going as regularly.

The project I'm currently on has been going on for ages. And every year there's a training in LA. One of the trainers always gets the same maid at the hotel; the maid shifts her schedule around if she needs to, to make sure she's assigned to that room. I assume it was an accident the first couple of times, but they've known each other for a decade now. I think they send each other Christmas presents.


Jesse - Aug 25, 2006 5:30:42 am PDT #4475 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The server thing is not my fault. It's Bob who wants everyone to like him.

No, really?


tommyrot - Aug 25, 2006 5:32:41 am PDT #4476 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Go Milwaukee!

Wisconsin always ranks high on lists of drunkenness.

Bar time in Madison was once 12:45 a.m. People would often drink 'til bar time and then drive to Milwaukee (where bar time was 3:00 or later) and drink some more.


Jesse - Aug 25, 2006 5:32:54 am PDT #4477 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

We kept trying to befriend the servers at the local pub we went to every week. Just as a project. Also because we thought it would be super-cool if, when they saw us come in, they would immediately put in an order for the cheese sticks we'd invariably ask for. We always seemed to get different waitrons, though, and then we stopped going as regularly.

My mother tried that for years at a place we used to go to a lot when I was a kid. She finally gave up trying to become "a regular."


brenda m - Aug 25, 2006 5:33:14 am PDT #4478 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I always want the bartenders to get to know me, but servers not so much. Mostly because I was disinclined to make friends when I *was* a server, so expecting more than like a nod of recognition (and that only if if I go there a lot) feels presumptuous.


msbelle - Aug 25, 2006 5:35:18 am PDT #4479 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

There is a person at my neighborhood BaskinRobbins who knows me and my order and there is one person at my work BK who does also, but she is rarely on register anymore.


Fred Pete - Aug 25, 2006 5:38:43 am PDT #4480 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

Wisconsin always ranks high on lists of drunkenness.

And has for a long time. Some years ago (say, around 25), I read a list of the cities with the most bars per capita. The top 5 were all in Wisconsin. OK, smaller cities like Green Bay and La Crosse, but still....


Jessica - Aug 25, 2006 5:39:54 am PDT #4481 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I try not to get into a rut at the deli near my office, because they guys there are really good, and if they know your order, they'll start making it before you even open your mouth to say "Wait, actually, today I was going to have--"


Laura - Aug 25, 2006 5:39:55 am PDT #4482 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

The lovely bartenders at the pool hall where DH plays always remember me. As I walk in the door they are already pouring my glass of wine with a tall ice water on the side. It rocks that they remember.