Tough Pigs Anthology

Sept/Oct 2004

 

Troubled Waiter

Part 1: Mnemonia

 

 

    

 

 

 

(Fat Blue tries to attract the waiter's attention. Grover runs by.)

 

Fat Blue

Oh -- oh, waiter! 

 

Grover

Just a moment, sir!

 

(Grover runs by again.)

 

Fat Blue

Well, I --

 

Grover

I'll be with you in a moment! 

 

(Grover approaches the table.)

 

    

 

Grover

Yes, sir! Grover the waiter at your service, sir!

 

Fat Blue

Oh, good, thank you. I'd like a cheeseburger, with french fries and a pickle. And I'd like it right away, please, I'm in a hurry.

 

Grover

To serve you is my only pleasure, sir.

 

Fat Blue

Wait a minute -- aren't you going to write that down? 

 

Grover

Sir, I am a trained professional! I do not need to write things down. Instead, I use my waiter's memory.

 

Fat Blue

Yeah, but I ordered a cheeseburger with french fries and a pickle, isn't that a lot to remember?

 

    

 

Grover

Ha! Observe, sir. A trick of the trade. I remember things with a little poem. Ahem. Round and tasty on a bun, pickles, french fries, yum yum yum. 

 

Fat Blue

I don't believe this. Hey, hey! How are you going to remember it's for me?

 

(Grover looks him up and down.)

 

Grover

Ummm... In a hurry to be fed, beady eyes and big blue head. Ha ha.

 

(Grover goes into the kitchen.)

 

Grover

Okay, Charlie, put on a round one!

 

Fat Blue

I don't believe this. Awww, I don't know why I keep coming in to this place, I really don't!

 

    

 

(Grover comes back with the meal.) 

 

Grover

Okay, thanks, Charlie -- boy, you cook fast, you know that?

 

Fat Blue

Oh, here it comes.

 

Grover

You are a good cook. Okay, there you are, sir. That looks delicious. 

 

Fat Blue

What's this?

 

Grover

That is your lunch.

 

Fat Blue

But... that looks like a grapefruit.

 

Grover

And so it is, sir. Round and tasty on a bun, pickles, french fries, yum yum yum. Something to drink with that?

 

Fat Blue

This is ridiculous! I don't want a grapefruit!

 

Grover

Well, you should have thought of that before you ordered it!

 

    

 

Fat Blue

Well, I DIDN'T order it! 

 

Grover

Sir, sir, forgive me. In a hurry to be fed, beady eyes and big blue head. That is you, is it not?

 

Fat Blue

I do NOT have beady eyes!

 

Grover

WHY should we argue, sir? You have forgotten what you ordered -- nothing to be ashamed of! It is not YOUR job as the customer to remember, it is MINE as the WAITER. Now, listen and learn: Round and tasty on a bun --

 

Fat Blue

WILL YOU FORGET THAT SILLY RHYME??!? 

 

Grover

Wwaaaaggghhh!

 

(Grover falls down in panic.)

 

    

 

Fat Blue

Just LOOK at this plate!

 

Grover

Phew! Yes.

 

Fat Blue

Have you ever seen a grapefruit on a bun? Have you ever SEEN that before?

 

Grover

Come to think of it, I thought it was pretty weird when you ordered it, no. 

 

Fat Blue

No, of course you haven't!

 

Grover

Hmm. Well, then, you must have ordered something else!

 

Fat Blue

Uggghhh...

 

Grover

Let's see, a peach? That's round and tasty. How about a donut?

 

Fat Blue

Oh, listen --

 

    

 

Grover

Whoa, wait wait wait! Look at that, sir! You know what that looks like? It looks like a hamburger bun here!

 

Fat Blue

Well, of course it's a hamburger bun, that's what I ordered! A hamburger with cheese on it!

 

Grover

Hold it! Hold everything! Lock the door! I've got it! A cheeseburger! You ordered a cheeseburger! What a good memory have I, is it not amazing?

 

    

 

Fat Blue

Waiter... please... just go get me my lunch. 

 

Grover

Yes, sir. Oh, I am sorry, sir, I cannot do that.

 

Fat Blue

Why?

 

Grover

Because I just remembered something else: When the great big clock says two, then the waiter's work is through. Time to have a special treat, it's the waiter's turn to eat.

 

    

 

Grover

Let's see, what should I have... maybe some swordfish today, or some chicken... No! I'll have a cheeseburger! Maybe with fries, and a pickle? (Grover heads into the kitchen.) Hey, Charlie! Lunch time! Break out the good stuff! 

 

Fat Blue

Ohhhh... ohhhhhhh!

 

(Fat Blue faints.)

 

Grover

(from the kitchen) I expect you to clean that up, sir.

 

(Grover disappears back into the kitchen.)

 

    

 

 

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