Sunday, January 14, 2007

Dining out of the closet

Hello all you diners out there

I happened to be in a restaurant the other day. It happens that I leave my house occasionally, depends on the traffic on the road. My friends and I [yes, a group of people actually wanted to see me (okay, it was Wendy's bro and his wife)] went to a variety styled restaurant. The first thing I noticed was on the window the restaurant was advertising wireless internet. Does that come with dipping sauce? I wonder why people feel the need to come into a restaurant to check e-mail. Do they have good food? Not really. Good service? Nope. Nice Atmosphere? Naa. What is it then? A good internet connection in less than 15 minutes. Talk about a lightning lunch.
However, back to my point. We walk in and are seated by someone who according to my future family had lace in his drawers. To me, it looked like a guy pretending to be a girl, pretending to be a guy. He had the style hair, the high voice, and the styled clothes. Now, I have been mistaken for a woman a few times. One time during Halloween and the other on a phone call, but hopefully these were the only times. I am not sure if the host in the restaurant was trying to be mistaken for a girl, but he was doing a good job.
We were seated at a table, as they do in restaurants. The server, another male, appeared to take our order. I think they frown on you just going to the kitchen and grabbing what you want. After hearing the server talk about the specials, we could detect a higher frequency in his voice. Was this his excitement over the fact we ordered an appetitizer or something else?
Why is it that every male in a restaurant setting appears to be feminine? All the time, I hear a waiter talking in a high pitched voice and sashaying around the restaurant. Is that food that hot, that they have to talk so high? Are they moving that way to avoid all the obstacles the owners have placed in the aisles? What is it that is causing this phenomenon? It does make me wonder who receives more tips men or women?
I just don't know. It seems all service types are more feminine. People must want a pleasant voice and a nonthreatening personality. As long as I get what I ordered, then I am not too concerned what kind of underwear the server is wearing.

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