Birthdays

It's my birthday do I get a free meal? A free drink?

Who says that?

I've wanted a lot of things for my birthday throughout the years but none of them ever consisted of a free meal or a free drink.

Singing the birthday song sets off a chain reaction throughout the restaurant of birthdays.

When you're busy and you KNOW it's not your tables birthday, it can get pretty annoying when you have to drop everything you're doing to sing happy birthday.

I had one coworker say, "Oh it's your birthday? What day is it today?"

The woman had no clue what day it was but insisted that it was her birthday and called over a manager because she was so offended that the waiter asked her what day it was.

Yes, it was a little rude on my coworkers behalf but there is nothing more annoying than someone at your table going to outrageous lengths to get free stuff.

Most of the time the birthday girl/boy isn't the one to tell the waiter/waitress it's his/hers birthday. Usually when there is a birthday its a big secret because you want there to be the surprise element.

But so many people come into my restaurant and the first thing they say is, "It's my birthday, what do I get?"

Nothing because I don't know you and I don't care that it's your birthday.