It was a busy night, every table in my section was taken and two of the tables sat down at the same time. Being double or even triple sat can be one of the most stressful occurrences for a server. It's easy for me to picture the two separate tables as one big table...getting all the drink orders and appetizers in at the same time. One time however, I forgot to put the order in for one of the tables. It's one of those things that you don't really know how it happened because you remember writing everything down. I kept walking by the table you know to make sure that their drinks were full and going back to the kitchen to make sure that their food was on the line. Once 20 minutes had passed I then realized that I had not put the order in. I panicked. Not only did I forget, but I also threw away the slip that I had used to write down their order.
As embarrassing as it was I walked up to my table and in the most apologetic way possible explained that I had forgotten to put their order in and that I also forgot what they had even ordered. I of course was expecting the worst possible reaction but to my surprise they were very patient and didn't even complain. I lucked out, they even left me a decent tip.
It happens to the best of us...
I'd make a horrible server. I am usually so distracted and off in my own thoughts that I'd probably do that as often as not.
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