Thanksgiving Dinner

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Today my brother and I took our mother out for Thanksgiving dinner. We went to a restaurant we have gone to quite often. I had made reservations. We got to the restaurant about fifteen minutes early. The place was packed. We had to wait about ten minutes pass our reservation time. They seated us and a waitress asked what we wanted to drink. We told her. After about ten minutes we were asked if anyone had taken our order. We told them we put in an order for our drinks. After another ten minutes another waitress asked if anyone had taken our order. We told her someone had taken our drink order. She said, “I don’t know who did, so I’m going to take it.” A couple of minutes later another waitress asked if anyone took our order. I told her she was the third waitress who has asked. The drinks finally arrived. We only had two options for dinner–a traditional turkey dinner or prime rib. We all wanted the turkey. The dinner arrived. It was good dinner. Then we discovered why things happened the way they did. The waitress who took our original drink order quit and walked out. We were thanked for our patience although Mom was getting a bit impatient when our drinks did not arrive after about ten minutes. But she did not create a scene. One thing I can say. My brother did not make me feel like we were a bunch of hillbillies. He did not pick up the green beans and eat them with his fingers. He did not say anything stupid to any of the waitresses. For whatever reason, he was on his best behavior. Even though we spent two hours in the restaurant Mom said several times on the why back to where she is living that it was a good dinner. Mom usually doesn’t say anything at all about the dinner if she didn’t like it. So when she doesn’t say anything we know she didn’t really care for it. If we get a bad dinner she never wants to return to that restaurant even if we had had good dinners there before. No second chances with her. One bad dinner and that restaurant is out. I hope all Americans had a good Thanksgiving Day.