Real Kato Blog: Today's Flirting

Well, it was better than yesterday, anyway.

So co-worker Tim, having read my blog yesterday, went out to lunch with me today, to a place with real silverware and a cute waitress. (It was Red Hot & Blue, a Memphis barbecue place, which I like despite the fact that it's a chain restaurant and the food isn't exactly healthy.)

This was the conversation that took place when Cute Blonde Waitress walked up to our table:

CBW: Hi, my name is Jelly, and I'll be taking care of you today.
Me: Your name is what?
CBW: Jelly, as in "Peanut Butter And".
Me: Oh. Really.

About fifteen seconds after this conversation took place, I realized that what I should have said was, "That's a coincidence, my name is Peanut Butter." But of course I missed the opportunity because a lifetime of drinking has slowed my thought processes to a crawl.

When we got our checks at the end of the meal, I discovered her name wasn't actually "Jelly", but "Gelie".

Me: OHH, it's not "Jelly" as in "Jelly".
CBW: No, it's short for "Angelina".
Me: Aw, that's cute!
CBW: Thank you!

By this time, though, I had noticed that Gelie was wearing a ring on her I'm-Married-So-Stop-Hitting-On-Me-You-Weirdo finger, so I didn't pursue it beyond that. Still, it's always fun to flirt just a little.

The bill was $10.67, and instead of leaving a $2.00 tip, I left $2.50. I'm sure that extra fifty cents will make Gelie fall madly in love with me, ditch her husband, and longingly await the day I return to Red Hot & Blue.

Of course, I had to check about a dozen times to make sure I added the total correctly. $13.17? Is that right? Are you sure? And is that actually what I wrote? Right now I'm resisting the urge to go find the carbon copy of the receipt to double-check it.

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Posted by Ken in: dating, life

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Comment #1 from Cori (Guest)
2005 May 2 - 4:54 pm : #

Red Hot and Blue is a chain? I had no idea. There was one in downtown Laurel, and I thought it was the bomb. But then, we don't get restaurants like that in Canada, at least not ones worth eating at.

Comment #2 from Ken (realkato)
2005 May 2 - 6:29 pm : #

Huh, I was just in Laurel a few weeks ago, and come to think of it, nobody there seemed to realize RH&B was a chain, either. People touted it as their "local" Memphis barbecue joint. But actually, there are dozens of them, across ten different states.

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