Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Political Incorrectness as its Best (Worst?)

I live above a restaurant for those who do not know. It is an awful restaurant with awful management. In any case, I've started playing this game where I count the Japanese tourists who take pictures of the "Villa Francesca" sign below my window. I'm at 5 in just the last hour.
My bed sits in front of the window. I am in many Japanese photo albums.

I'm going to take this opportunity to further my political incorrectness and describe my work at Legal Sea Food's in relation to Japanese tourists. Take notes those who are thinking about becoming waiters.

It starts when I see a Japanese gentleman, woman, family, etc. seated at one of my tables.
Firstly, they don't speak English, unless there are 4 or more in which case one will speak broken English knowing a minimal vocabulary, words like "ketchup" and "fork". Before you judge, I know which ones are visiting from Japan and which ones are Americans because the Americans are not carrying cameras. A table of Japanese tourists will have a digital camera per individual and at least one video camera on the table.
Anyway, even before I get to the table, they've stopped at least 2 other waiters and asked them about "robstahs!"
Oh they love the robstah. And by damn I will give them robstah.
In any case, I take their order (Cram chowda and robstah for everyone. Except the old lady who has the robstah row). I leave and they start laughing about something. I have no idea what is so humorous about lobster, except when you pronounce it robstah. In any case they start taking pictures of each other laughing. Then they start taking pictures of each other taking pictures. Until it's one big clusterfuck of flashes and laughing.
I bring over their lobster crackers and bib and they laugh because robstah bibs are hilarious. Then, and here's the part that gets me every time, they take a picture of the lobster cracker and bib.

I couldn't imagine going over my friends house after their trip and looking at their pictures. "Here's one of the sidewalk! and here's the robstah! HAHAHA ROBSTAH! and the silverware! and here's a picture of Hisatayako taking a picture of me taking a picture of him! HAHAHA!"
I would hate my friends.

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