Story Time!

The Story of the Server with a Dirty Apron:

A server walked up to one of her tables and asked them, the usual: How are you doing today? Are you ready to order? etc.  The lady sitting at the table responds: We're good. And how are you? Dirty I see!?!?! Looking her up and down.  Referring to the (ketchup smeared, wet, spotted, stained, black) work uniform apron that was adorning her.

Yes.  I've been working hard, was the server's nice, sweet reply.


However, what the server wished she could say to this delightful woman to help her understand the depth of her remark was:
Yes. I have been working really hard.  You see: I've been serving tables, like the one you're sitting at now.  I've been doing dishes, the ones that you will be using in a moment. Aren't you glad they're clean for you to eat off of?!  I've been making shakes, the kind that you will probably be ordering in a moment. We have no one else back there making them right now, and yes they do tend to splatter across my chest every now and then.  That is the nature of the shake.  I will probably make yours, so be nice.  Or you might end up with some extra ingredients. I've been plating food... you do want to eat off a plate don't you!?! If you want I will bring it out to you on the tray, or better yet I will simply bring it out with my bare hands and set it on the table for you.  Less dishes for me.  I've been running from dirty mess to dirty mess, there have been several spills that you don't see now thanks to: Muah!  I've been cleaning this restaurant and keeping it together.  Running food out to tables, like yours, to make sure their food was hot, and I will do the same for you.  You do want your food hot?! I've also been bussing the tables you see around you.  Because I assume you and your fellow restaurant goers want to sit at a clean table, not have ketchup and fries waiting on the table and seats for you. But OF COURSE what I've really been waiting for is you to come in!  So you can judge how clean I've kept my apron throughout all of this and then I can serve you.  Busting my ass off for your every whim.  And you.  Well, you can just sit there and enjoy the nice atmosphere, food and drinks that I've created, or yet to create for you.
And, my managers say that you may also judge the crap out of me and how clean my apron is.  Enjoy!