When I got on the subway it smelled as if someone had been using it as a bathroom. I was however fortunate enough to snag a seat so I figured I needed to take the good with the bad. I put on my headphones and listened to Kurt Elling on my way into Manhattan. Mentally I was trying to prepare myself for a long night. New Year’s Eve is not a great night to work in a restaurant. Depending on where you work it can be a very busy or long shift. It usually means amateur night. In other words, people that don’t usually eat out very often and make a lot of strange requests or substitutions. I knew we were going to be busy, and I also knew there was no way I was getting home at a reasonable hour. We had a ton of reservations at 11 pm and those people would probably linger.
Happy new year to you and Liz, thanks for writing!