In the It-Must-Be-My-Mumbling category, I greeted one table with, "Heidi." The woman responded, "no." I was trying to discern what that meant as she was looking to her husband saying, "I don't want coffee, do you?" I shrugged to myself and asked, "How about some tea or lemonade?"

Also in this category, I greeted another table with a "Heidi." The man said, "It's gonna be a minute." What, until he responds with "hello?" He could've said, "Hello. It'll be a minute."

In the why-do-I-bother category, on so many occasions, I would say something like, "I see you need some more tea. Do you need anything here besides tea?" Without fail someone would announce, "I need some more tea." If only I'd thought of that!

My good pal Ricky had greeted his table: "Hi, how is everyone today?" One woman said, "We all know what we want; this is on one ticket. And she's grandma." He responded with a slightly sarcastic, "So you're well then?" The woman said, "No, SHE's grandma."

I recall one woman that selected her vegetables, and she ordered the boiled cabbage. That day's vegetable of the day was lima beans and I told her, "Today we have lima beans." She tried to be very sarcastic and said, "It says right here Sunday's vegetable of the day is boiled cabbage." I responded as politely as possible with, "Today's Saturday."

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