I don’t think your kids are cute.
In fact, I don’t think about them at all. They are not mine.
I do however get upset when they whack me in the nuts while I am trying to take your order.
and they are messy.
Do us both a favor. Leave them at home next time.
S. L. Ehrisman (c) 11/9/10
I debated how I wanted to do this. I wanted to talk about my experiences as a full-time waiter in Sioux Falls. I have worked in restaurants on and off for almost 22 years. Seen a lot of things. But when you deal with the public on a daily basis, you get a true lesson in sociology. I don’t want to piss and moan, so I decided to do this in the form of poetry. I am going to call the series ‘The Ugly Table’ which I may explain someday. But not today.
A DOLLAR OVER
A dollar over 10% is not 15%
It is a dollar over 10%
You may have thought you tricked me, or hoodwinked me, but you just insulted me.
If your bill is $60. Your tip is not $7.
Let’s get out the calculator.
It is $9.
When you wash your clothes, do you use the correct amount of detergent? Or just a $1 over?
You have dirty clothes.
S. L. Ehrisman (c) 11/8/10
I hear a noise
It’s a train
Coming through town
Carrying big rocks
Charles Luden
11-2-10
at Michelle’s
I was gonna write a poem
but my mind and fingers stumbled
into the sun shiny day
and I could only perceive where
I should go
alone in a mind cloud to oblivion and
towards a big hamburger
that I want to give to the woman I love
if she would just appear
and tell me where the relishes go
because lunch is so important when
you are with a friend like that
Charles Luden
10-12-10
at Black Sheep
(I wrote this as fast as you can read it, and it shows.)
If it rains
wear a hat
unless you need
wet hair
Charles Luden
10-14-10
at Black Sheep
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