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Pigs Anthology
Sept/Oct
2004
Troubled
Waiter
Part
1: Mnemonia

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(Fat Blue
tries to attract the waiter's attention. Grover runs by.)
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Fat Blue |
Oh
-- oh, waiter!
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Grover |
Just
a moment, sir!
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(Grover
runs by again.)
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Fat Blue
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Well,
I --
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Grover
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I'll
be with you in a moment!
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(Grover
approaches the table.)
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Grover |
Yes,
sir! Grover the waiter at your service, sir!
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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.
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Grover
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To
serve you is my only pleasure, sir.
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Fat Blue
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Wait
a minute -- aren't you going to write that down?
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Grover |
Sir,
I am a trained professional! I do not need to write things down. Instead, I
use my waiter's memory.
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Fat Blue |
Yeah,
but I ordered a cheeseburger with french fries and a pickle, isn't that a
lot to remember?
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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.
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Fat Blue |
I
don't believe this. Hey, hey! How are you going to remember it's for me?
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(Grover
looks him up and down.)
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Grover |
Ummm...
In a hurry to be fed, beady eyes and big blue head. Ha ha.
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(Grover
goes into the kitchen.)
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Grover
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Okay,
Charlie, put on a round one!
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Fat Blue |
I
don't believe this. Awww, I don't know why I keep coming in to this place, I
really don't!
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(Grover
comes back with the meal.)
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Grover |
Okay,
thanks, Charlie -- boy, you cook fast, you know that?
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Fat Blue
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Oh,
here it comes.
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Grover
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You
are a good cook. Okay, there you are, sir. That looks delicious.
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Fat Blue |
What's
this?
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Grover |
That
is your lunch.
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Fat Blue |
But...
that looks like a grapefruit.
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Grover |
And
so it is, sir. Round and tasty on a bun, pickles, french fries, yum yum
yum. Something to drink with that?
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Fat Blue
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This
is ridiculous! I don't want a grapefruit!
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Grover
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Well,
you should have thought of that before you ordered it!
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Fat Blue |
Well,
I DIDN'T order it!
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Grover |
Sir,
sir, forgive me. In a hurry to be fed, beady eyes and big blue head.
That is you, is it not?
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Fat Blue |
I
do NOT have beady eyes!
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Grover
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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 --
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Fat Blue
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WILL
YOU FORGET THAT SILLY RHYME??!?
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Grover |
Wwaaaaggghhh!
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(Grover
falls down in panic.)
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Fat Blue |
Just
LOOK at this plate!
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Grover |
Phew!
Yes.
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Fat Blue
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Have
you ever seen a grapefruit on a bun? Have you ever SEEN that before?
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Grover
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Come
to think of it, I thought it was pretty weird when you ordered it, no.
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Fat Blue |
No,
of course you haven't!
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Grover |
Hmm.
Well, then, you must have ordered something else!
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Fat Blue |
Uggghhh...
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Grover |
Let's
see, a peach? That's round and tasty. How about a donut?
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Fat Blue
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Oh,
listen --
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Grover |
Whoa,
wait wait wait! Look at that, sir! You know what that looks like? It looks
like a hamburger bun here!
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Fat Blue |
Well,
of course it's a hamburger bun, that's what I ordered! A hamburger with
cheese on it!
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Grover
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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?
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Fat Blue |
Waiter...
please... just go get me my lunch.
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Grover |
Yes,
sir. Oh, I am sorry, sir, I cannot do that.
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Fat Blue |
Why?
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Grover
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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.
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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!
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Fat Blue |
Ohhhh...
ohhhhhhh!
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(Fat Blue
faints.)
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Grover
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(from
the kitchen) I expect you to clean that up, sir.
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(Grover
disappears back into the kitchen.)
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