Hey Folks! I hope everyone is doing well! I totally thought I'd share a little experience that actually just happened no more than an hour ago. I am a host at a fine dinning resturant in Ca. Now our resturant has grown very popular for the 30 years it's been in buisness, therefore we have a great reputation and stature within the community. Today was our Annual Crew Appreciation party at a local club just seconds away from our own establishment. I decided against going last year so I figured I would give it a try and see what it had to offer this time; football game, food, and plenty o' booze. (I can't drink yet so...) At the party I saw a guy I had actually just met a couple of day's before hand as he had come into my resturant and I had complemented his Led Zeppelin shirt. We soon got to talking and we both seemed like we were into the same things. Now for those of you who don't know, resturants do not drug test. At least I've never heard of one that does. Most of our crew proudly smokes Cannabis and a couple people that night were in possesion of some. Now while talking to this guy I asked if he smoked pot. Not a good idea on my part. I usually never just come out and say that. It's better to play it smart, even though I figured this guy did. He looked at me and said "Hell Yeah!" We started talking about doing it later on while off the premises of the club of course. In the middle of my conversation an older lady walked up and seized my shirt, looked right up at me and said very rudely "Young man I don't like the conversation you are having so I'm going to ask you to get out!" Now I've always had a respect for older people. The way my generation is behaving can give the younger folks a bad name and I try to show the older people that not all of us are punks. I calmly said "Mam, I'm very sorry but I..." She cut in very rudely once again "I am the Comadore of this club and you are trying to sabatoge it! I don't tolerate bullshit! I need to know who's guest you are now!"At this point she was wringing my shirt and glaring at me. The guy who I had been talking to tried to help me out by talking to her but she quickly told him to keep quiet and began to pull me into the next room by my arm as my fellow crew members all watched. I turned to her as I was walking and said "Mam, would you please let go of my shirt." She replied with "Fine, I'll get your arm then" and continued to drag me out. She asked again who's guest I was and I replied with the name of my manager. Everyone at this point knew something was up and began to watch. I took her to my Manager who was at the bar and said to her "Look, let's go outside. I don't want to cause a scene." I quickly called my Manager over and we walked outside with her still clutching my arm. I looked up at my Manager and told him I was talking about smoking pot with my friend later on, and not on these premises. The lady, still fucking gripping my arm despite my best attempts to wriggle free turns to my manager and say's "Both you and him need to leave right now! You were going to do something illegal" He said no way, that he was the manager at my resturant and he was not leaving. I turned to the lady and said "Mam, I will leave right now if you want, no problem. I don't want any trouble. But you cannot make my manager leave." At this point this lady's family and employees (some of whom smoke pot themselves) were trying to get her off my arm. I felt like complete shit. I just embarassed my manager and myself in front of all my crew members. I grabbed my manangers hand and said "Steve, I'm so sorry. I was only talking, I didn't want to start trouble." He looked at me and said "Dude, we're in California near San Francisco. I totally understand your situation, no problem." Now this lady finally let go of my arm and people were trying to calm her down. At least my Manager didn't seem upset, he had a smile on and walked back inside. The guy who I had been talking to earlier about smoking with came outside and tried to help calm the lady. Now I'm guessing it's the lady's daughter who came up to us finally and said that everything was fine and we should probably just go for a walk and come back in a few just to settle things down. So this guy and I did just that. I did not come back. Later though the guy walked back inside and tried talking to the lady and apologized. She was fine, just a little on edge. He came back outside and made sure I was okay, thanked me kindly for the offer of smoking, and we said goodbye. Wow, that was not what I had expected. The place was packed full of people all drinking and getting boozed up and here I get unfairly treated, embarrased and dragged outside all for holding a private conversation about smoking a little harmless pot later on. I will not be attending another crew party. You know, the worst part about all of this is how ignorant this lady was. She caused a huge scene in front of all these people. I wanted to go back inside, sit her down, and try to apologize and make things right (at the same time trying to discover what exactly had crawled up her ass in the first place). Anyway, I'm safe in my own home now listening to Quicksilver Messenger Service and "Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow" by Strawberry Alarm Clock, about to light up and drift away. I feel sorry for this lady. Peace to all, and bless those of you who have an open-mind in such a closed world. Josh
I cant believe I actually read all that. I think that lady needs to smoke a bowl and calm down. I hate when people convince themselves that pot is a terrible thing. by the way, try separating your thoughts into paragraphs, its a bit hard to read.
Thanks man. I totally didn't see that I hadn't seperated that into paragraphs! Sorry it's so long, lol!
Your "gripping tale," ^) highlights something that bugs the hell out of me. Essentially I abhor the term drugs and alcohol. How about alcohol and other drugs? I am a cab driver and can say from experience that the legal and very popular DRUG of alcohol is a hell of a lot more devestating pound for pound than the illegal drug of marijuana. Sorry. I'm much better now!
Lol that sucks ass I'm gonna be working at taco bell soon I am waiting for a call back for my schedule/shifts The manager and assistant manager both smoke and somehow know some kids I smoked with before All the employees look like they all smoke weed, some I've seen dealing behind taco bell lol I've also heard about people dealing through the takeout window, but that seems way too dangerous with cameras and shit Anyways Ya that sucks, at least the manager was chill with it
They prolly have a secret phrase and all the illegal stuff goes into the food bag out of sight. But wow it just goes to show how ill informed some people can be. I understand that she was a little upset about how in her mind she was hearing someone talk about doing something illegal and she prolly thought it was going to be done on her grounds, but she kind of blew it way out of proportion. I hate when someone blows up in your face and no matter how hard you try to solve it in a civil manner it just doesnt work.
Ya I could see it being that way, but how would you pocket the money and other shit, just seems to weird It might have been just one guy doing it, telling people he knows to come through to the window to get some, I have doubts that the whole taco bell staff is on on this lol
