So my wife calls me up and asks me when I'm going to take my lunch break. I tell her "In a few, I guess." Then she asks me if I could leave sooner. So I tell her 'sure.' She tells me she'll go ahead and have something ready for me and to just ask for her when I get there (at the resturant she works at). So I get there and I tell the cute blonde at the front desk that my Wife's expecting me. So she leads me back to the patio (where they have a bar, live bands, etc.) and she sits me down at a reserved table. I'm thinking this is a little odd but I run with it.
My wife comes out with my food, chats with me a bit, and then tells me the manager wants to talk to me when I'm done and that the meal is on the house. At this point I'm wondering why the manager wants to speak to me...but it's a free meal so I run with it.
So anyways, I finish my meal and my wife comes and takes me to meet the manager. We step over to the side, introduce each other, and then the manager pauses for a moment. Then he says, "I know this is a bit unorthodox, but we're in a little bit of a bind and your wife said you might could help. You see we do an unusually high amount of our business in credit cards and we're unusually short on some stuff we need for the kitchen." My wife says, "Just tell him how much you need." The manger replys, "To be honest...we need about $300 in cash. I'll make sure your wife gets it back by the end of the night" I pause for a moment and tell him, "I'll see what I can do and I'll be back in a few minutes." We shake hands and he tells me thank you.
So I leave and return a few minutes later with the cash. He tells me, "Dude, your a life saver. I'll make sure your wife gets it all back by the end of the night." My wife tells him he owes her a few cigarettes. He says, "No problem, cigarettes, beer, free meal, anything you guys want."
Anyhow, apparently they were short on some stuff they needed for the kitchen, and since they only buy premium stuff...it gets expensive. To make things worse, business is light until around 7pm at night and the majority of their business prior to that is done in Credit Card transactions. Also, because of the kind of resturant they are, they're apparently cautious about keeping a lot of cash on hand. The waitresses have to open with a "bank" of $65 to make change for customers. The waitresses are basically walking cash registers. When they hit a certain limit, they turn their cash into the assitant manager and he leaves and does a deposit.
To give this thread some focus, tell us about unorthodox request you've given or recieved.
My wife comes out with my food, chats with me a bit, and then tells me the manager wants to talk to me when I'm done and that the meal is on the house. At this point I'm wondering why the manager wants to speak to me...but it's a free meal so I run with it.
So anyways, I finish my meal and my wife comes and takes me to meet the manager. We step over to the side, introduce each other, and then the manager pauses for a moment. Then he says, "I know this is a bit unorthodox, but we're in a little bit of a bind and your wife said you might could help. You see we do an unusually high amount of our business in credit cards and we're unusually short on some stuff we need for the kitchen." My wife says, "Just tell him how much you need." The manger replys, "To be honest...we need about $300 in cash. I'll make sure your wife gets it back by the end of the night" I pause for a moment and tell him, "I'll see what I can do and I'll be back in a few minutes." We shake hands and he tells me thank you.
So I leave and return a few minutes later with the cash. He tells me, "Dude, your a life saver. I'll make sure your wife gets it all back by the end of the night." My wife tells him he owes her a few cigarettes. He says, "No problem, cigarettes, beer, free meal, anything you guys want."
Anyhow, apparently they were short on some stuff they needed for the kitchen, and since they only buy premium stuff...it gets expensive. To make things worse, business is light until around 7pm at night and the majority of their business prior to that is done in Credit Card transactions. Also, because of the kind of resturant they are, they're apparently cautious about keeping a lot of cash on hand. The waitresses have to open with a "bank" of $65 to make change for customers. The waitresses are basically walking cash registers. When they hit a certain limit, they turn their cash into the assitant manager and he leaves and does a deposit.
To give this thread some focus, tell us about unorthodox request you've given or recieved.
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