"okay well what's this one? huh?" "i wanna say TJ's"

well tonight i began a new chapter in my life at poncho and lefty's as not only a hostess, but an "expo". i will be using this term more frequently than before so i think it's important top inform the poeple what it actually is, and how my first night went.

since i'm 18 i should be able to waitress, but we don't really need waitresses right now, and amanda j would be promoted first since she has worked there about six months longer than me. makes sense. a step necessary to waitress is the need to know about all the food, and i'm talking everything! as a waitress your expected to bring out all the food to your tables, but on busier nights there are extra people in the kitchen to help get the food out of the way and into the dining room, if the waitress is busy, or whatever. or if for example the waitress has a table of 20 people she cannot obviously bring out all the food at once.

so training night number one was pretty good. i already knew all the table numbers, and what many of the cold line, as well as a few hot line items looked like. i learned how to request fajitas, the three main chimichangas, what's hot and what's not, difference in burritos and enchiladas where the "sauce thingy" is, where the dressing is, and how to roll silverware. it went pretty well and i brought out the first big tray (we're talking like a two foot long tray) and where does it go, but to senora wiger's table of family. Que barbaridad! i also now can reap the benifit of getting tips! which i haven't really had since the Ox.

funny moment of the night: i go to bring an el presidente (biggest thing on the menu) and fajita burrito to 107. the woman is surprised by the size and her husband mentions that there is a hobo outside they could give the food to. me: really!? him: no actuallu there isn't one outside, but i saw this one by the mall...and this one time when i was in rochester i saw this homeless guy...other side of the bridge another homeless guy....later....me: enjoy your meal! um that was odd, i'm not even their waitress. oh well.