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For once, it wasn't me!  

secret_lade 49F
14311 posts
11/3/2020 2:28 am
For once, it wasn't me!


I was talking to an employee as she was getting ready to leave for the day.

She is older, and hard working, and kind of limps along showing the wear and tear her body has experience from the years of food preparation and catering that has been her career.

She is a rockstar!

We were talking at the door and she said to me...

"I have to tell you what happened the other day. I immediately thought of you!"

"Really? Why me?"

"Because, stuff like this usually happens to you."

I was hooked the minute she said that. My attention was vested and I had to hear what it was she did because I knew it was probably something totally humiliating but made for a good story.

I wasn't wrong.

She had been talking to a regular customer and was excited to tell him that we were allowed to have coffee again. When the COVID hit, we had been directed to put away the coffee carafe to limit the possible spread and exposure to the virus, but that had been lifted and coffee was back once again.

In her excitement, she had somehow managed to propel her false teeth from her mouth onto the floor while she was talking to the customer.

The echo of her teeth bouncing on the cement floor was undeniable.

At first glance, the teeth had disappeared, so she found herself, the customer, and one of her coworkers searching for where they landed.

They managed to land under a table, far enough back that she had to grab the broom to sweep them out.

By now, I was roaring as she was telling me the story. If I had false teeth, I could totally see this happening to me....

Thankfully I do not!

So, there she stood, teeth in hand, offering the customer a cup of coffee. The customer being a good, regular customer who visited her often, had asked her with a smile on his face how much he owed her.

"The coffee is a dollar, but the entertainment is free."

Happy Tuesday!

citizen4722 66M  
74582 posts
11/5/2020 7:15 am

oh! to have witnessed the teeth, the whole teeth and nothing but the teeth.


XHamburgDave 80M
10466 posts
11/4/2020 2:59 am

    Quoting secret_lade:
    The attempted dine and dash.... That would have been something to see! I'm guessing they ended up paying their bill? I don't understand how people can do that stuff, especially since it's usually the wait staff that get penalized for it and it gets taken out of their pay.
I am pretty sure they must have paid, they were just a bunch of young drunks with thoughts only for themselves!

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secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
11/3/2020 11:01 pm

My work place is a soap opera.... Always something happening somewhere!


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
11/3/2020 11:00 pm

    Quoting pagancountrygirl:
    Good for her that she could turn something embarrassing into something funny!
Like I said, she's a rockstar!!


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
11/3/2020 10:59 pm

    Quoting easy_going2014:
    that's a good story

    I always like to look on the positive side of things

    but, I plan for the worst

    that way, I'm not disappointed

    It wasn't me, it was the one-armed man...

    The Dead South - "One-Armed Man"

    I did it for my baby
    I did it for that bottle
    And I do it for my one armed man who
    Likes to please my dirty soul
    Can I see you baby
    Can I see you doll
    Can I kiss you maybe
    Before I'm up against the wall
    I'm playing drinking games
    But the players have all gone
    Take me for a round of whiskey strong
    Can I be the morning
    Can I be the night
    Can I be the afternoon
    I'll make you feel alright
    I'm gonna be the night crawler
    That crawls into your bed
    Baby let's bang heads
Lately I've felt really tired, really worn down.... It's been a little difficult to look at things from the positive side. I'm still trying though....


easy_going2014 57M
14366 posts
11/3/2020 7:10 pm

that's a good story

I always like to look on the positive side of things

but, I plan for the worst

that way, I'm not disappointed

It wasn't me, it was the one-armed man...

The Dead South - "One-Armed Man"

I did it for my baby
I did it for that bottle
And I do it for my one armed man who
Likes to please my dirty soul
Can I see you baby
Can I see you doll
Can I kiss you maybe
Before I'm up against the wall
I'm playing drinking games
But the players have all gone
Take me for a round of whiskey strong
Can I be the morning
Can I be the night
Can I be the afternoon
I'll make you feel alright
I'm gonna be the night crawler
That crawls into your bed
Baby let's bang heads

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pagancountrygirl 66F
6466 posts
11/3/2020 4:36 pm

Good for her that she could turn something embarrassing into something funny!

Pagan
Hmmmm....I know I left that wand around here somewhere!


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
11/3/2020 4:25 pm

    Quoting XHamburgDave:
    How embarrassing for her, poor woman

    Many years ago, when I was in the Air Force, I was with friends late one evening in an Indian Restaurant in Swindon UK. We had just got a beer each and ordered our food, when there was a commotion by the door, a group of guys were trying to leave without paying!! One of the waiters was blocking the door and calling to his colleagues for help, the kitchen door crashed open and three cooks armed with large ladles attacked the offenders!
    Eventually after peace was restored, we had our meal and paying the bill, our waiter asked if we had enjoyed our meal? One of my friends looked at him and said, the food was crap but I loved the Floor Show


The attempted dine and dash.... That would have been something to see! I'm guessing they ended up paying their bill? I don't understand how people can do that stuff, especially since it's usually the wait staff that get penalized for it and it gets taken out of their pay.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
11/3/2020 4:22 pm

    Quoting lindoboy100:


    Ah, your colleague there sounds like a proper good un.......

    But if this had happened to you McLade, the falsies would have ended up stuck in yer cleavage, no' on the floor!!
Yep! I 100% believe that! LOL It's almost like they've got some sort of magnetic force field of some kind, drawing everything in with a tractor beam.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
11/3/2020 4:21 pm

    Quoting flannel_light:
    I have to get a partial next year and will have to see what funny stuff I do. Thanks for the laugh. I needed that
You're welcome! I hope you share those funny experiences with the rest of us!


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
11/3/2020 4:19 pm

    Quoting pocogato12:
    OMG I have retail tales that I darent repeat but yours is a gem
I have quite a few horror stories from when I worked at a woman's clothing store during college.... I honestly think women are the worst, hands down.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
11/3/2020 4:18 pm

I asked her why she didn't use any! She said she had just had a cup of coffee and she didn't want to get her new teeth stained up so she drank it without them in! LOL She hadn't had the opportunity to put any on her upper plate and felt they fit well enough that she'd be ok until break. She was wrong...


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
11/3/2020 4:14 pm

    Quoting jolielaide:
    if it's FREE, it's for meand coffee that's a buck is a bargain. good that you work with people that have a sense of humor. it's better to laughing then cryin'
I have some amazing coworkers. Some are fucktards, some are assholes, but the majority of them are a pleasure to work with.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
11/3/2020 3:59 pm

    Quoting mc_justmc:
    That happened to a friend when we were talking but he caught them and popped them back in, I just didn't react, I knew he was embarrassed.
If I'd been there and witnessed this, I would have fucking died. I was laughing so hard just hearing the story, and she was laughing just telling it. Several times she had to stop so we could catch our breath. Sometimes, we just have to roll with it and laugh when it's funny cause life can get too serious.


Apollorising60 63M

11/3/2020 3:59 pm

I suffer from too much drama at work as well!


mc_justmc 63M

11/3/2020 2:02 pm

That happened to a friend when we were talking but he caught them and popped them back in, I just didn't react, I knew he was embarrassed.


jolielaide 52F  
1754 posts
11/3/2020 10:36 am

if it's FREE, it's for meand coffee that's a buck is a bargain. good that you work with people that have a sense of humor. it's better to laughing then cryin'


positively4you 74F  
4605 posts
11/3/2020 8:57 am

Oh bless her heart. Polygrip on aisle 5.


pocogato12 71F  
37235 posts
11/3/2020 8:07 am

OMG I have retail tales that I darent repeat but yours is a gem

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flannel_light 61F
4586 posts
11/3/2020 7:30 am

I have to get a partial next year and will have to see what funny stuff I do. Thanks for the laugh. I needed that

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lindoboy100 61M
23969 posts
11/3/2020 6:12 am



Ah, your colleague there sounds like a proper good un.......

But if this had happened to you McLade, the falsies would have ended up stuck in yer cleavage, no' on the floor!!


XHamburgDave 80M
10466 posts
11/3/2020 5:29 am

How embarrassing for her, poor woman

Many years ago, when I was in the Air Force, I was with friends late one evening in an Indian Restaurant in Swindon UK. We had just got a beer each and ordered our food, when there was a commotion by the door, a group of guys were trying to leave without paying!! One of the waiters was blocking the door and calling to his colleagues for help, the kitchen door crashed open and three cooks armed with large ladles attacked the offenders!
Eventually after peace was restored, we had our meal and paying the bill, our waiter asked if we had enjoyed our meal? One of my friends looked at him and said, the food was crap but I loved the Floor Show



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