Last night Liz took me out to eat at this nice steak place, Ruth’s Chris, in Indy. We had a waiter, Jim, that was phenomenal. There’s a fine line between being funny and personable without getting too personal. It’s something that’s hard to explain, but I’m sure most of you have experienced this. Sometimes a waiter/waitress is too impersonable. You feel like they don’t care about you and could care less about refilling your glass or making sure your food is cooked the way you asked. Other times the wait staff gets a little too personable. Yeah, it’s nice that they might tell a joke or be funny, but it’s not like you need a life story from them or want to tell them yours. I’ve even had restaurant staff make very inappropriate comments and remarks to me before. These have mostly resulted in me calling them out on it and me getting free things because they don’t want me to talk to a manager.
Anyways, Jim was awesome. He had a genuine smile and seemed to really care. When he gave us our check he kinda forgot to put our food on it. So we pointed that out to him. He declared that Liz was “a keeper” and I had to agree. Oh yeah, and the food was pretty good too. So if you’re over there, and now would be the time to go because they have a cheap menu available on Monday nights, ask for Jim.
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