I politely collected my money, drained my beer, wished her a good evening, and walked out the door.

Heh, classy way to say, "Screw you."

~Zoo

Hmm, I wonder why some people bother going into the service industry if they don't like people.

Glad you avoided the trouble too.

She is a rude cow and should not be working there, I wander if her bosses are aware of how offhandedly she treats their customers?

I politely collected my money, drained my beer, wished her a good evening, and walked out the door. Heh, classy way to say, "Screw you."

ditto

Service people should remember not to take their bad moods to work, or at least not present them to the customer. I have experienced something like this at a bakery. Nice of you to hold your cool, Mason.

Service people should remember not to take their bad moods to work, or at least not present them to the customer.

The good ones do, and that is why they get the best tips.

I wonder why she did not call the police.  It did not appear the Indians were going to let up anytime soon.

Thanks folks. Just a quick reply before hitting the road again.

She must have called the cops because I saw two cruisers pull in a few minutes after I had posted this.

Yikes....those are some trouble makers! You did the right thing!

Maybe just a bad night. Lord knows I had a few at a truckstop I worked at in college. (the piece of crap one in Arkadelphia, Ar., right next to where they built the Cracker Barrel). My favorite was the ones that thought it would be fun to express their displeasure through the use of urine. That's just not right. (what do you mean it's a dry county, I'm so unhappy I'm going to piss on everything in the bathroom, or chuck a piss bottle at you on my way out of here!!!)

Then again, I wasn't dumb enough to blame it on truckers. Stupidity and rudeness is universal to all humanity, especially when drinking is involved. You just shake it off, keep smiling, and grab a mop.

On the brighter side, if you get into Seattle this weekend, give me a holler. Send me an email at erased for security type reasons and we'll swap phone numbers so we can get a bite to eat if you want.

Damn. Double post. Well, the hell with it, double points.

Thanks SPC. It doesn't look like I'm going to make it into Seattle before Monday morning now. I ran into some mechanical problems with the truck and lost some time fixing that. I also ran into a snowstorm coming across a pass on I-90 in MT that cost me some more time.

Here's what's interesting, folks:

Bozos like this bitch are the types of people we're trying to give a 20% raise, while those who've worked this way suffer from the resultant inflation. Frankly, women like this shouldn't be employed, much less at $7.00 an hour.

Sorry, mason. Just thought it relevant in the current debate. Be safe driving.