Grass Root Review

Who is that person that comes in the restaurant and when greeted with a smile, makes the conscious decision not to smile back, but rather grimace?  It is probably a woman.  So I ignore it and true to my form, I turn up my emotional tone and seat them with even more smiles to try to bring them up.  This can be hard since they have obviously made up their minds that they will not smile. No matter what.  What is wrong with you...I wish I could say this.  More like what the hell is your problem.  Then I begin to wonder what their problem could be.  Maybe someone they love had died.  Maybe they lost their dog.  It has to be something tragic to make them behave this way.  

My husband is great at killing people with kindness.  His emotional tone is so high, he turns many of these grumps around.  Me, especially being pregnant, don't have the energy all the time.  With a male customer, I am much more successful.  Men are easy to warm up.  I really feel sorry for the guys when they accompany there grumps and realize they are coming off to those around them as the grumpiest in the land.  They always try to over compensate by being extra nice to make up for their friend, wife etc.  It is so obvious and I feel so sorry for these guys.  Once a nice older man said to me, you have been dealing with her for 1 hour, i have been dealing with this for 20 years.  Poor guy.  I could see it on his face that she was wearing him down.  It takes so much energy to behave this way..grumpy!  It takes all of the beauty away from even a beautiful person.  Conversely, a pleasant attitude can make anyone shine and be beautiful.  I sometimes fantasize behaving like a friend of our that is born French and has a great French restaurant.  Just like the French, will tell you to get out.  He does not care who he offends, he is not spending any of his energy trying to warm anyone up and you better not ask him to change anything on his menu.  He does not alter any recipe for the likes of anyone.  He is a little grumpy too haha.  When grumpy meets grumpy the outcome is a clash.  When grumpy meets pleasant, the outcome will hopefully be pleasant wins you over.  But for all of the grumps out there, cheer up.  Nothing could be that bad.  At least you are still alive.  And if things are that bad, maybe you should consider staying home and preparing your own food.