At the restaurant, we were seated quickly and decided on what we were going to eat. We chose from the two for twenty menu as Star and I always have; 1. Because it had better options, 2. Because we could get an appetizer, two meals, and drinks all for the same low price of twenty dollars! Even though there were three of us this time, we thought we could just share all the food since there would be three plates on the table anyway and all we had to do was buy an extra drink!

Our waitress (when she finally came to our table twenty minutes after we had been seated) was not the best, nor was she showing any signs of trying to be polite, I have never seen her before so I assumed she was new. She smacked on her gum, rolled her eyes, let out irritated (despite the gum, horribly smelling) breaths, and she stood with her left hip poked out so far it looked as if it was going to pop out of place while her right leg was extended with her knee bouncing with impatience. Her body language said, "Hurry up, I don't have all day!", and her mouth said nothing. "Well, she isn't getting a tip tonight!" Star said rather loudly as the waitress walked away relieved that we finally finished ordering.

I giggled slightly and Shannon seemed a little embarrassed. "I wonder if I can talk to a manager and see if we can get moved to a table with a better waitress." Star continued and began looking around to see how many empty tables there were and to see if she could spot a manager or someone to get the manager (preferably not our waitress). We looked around but the only workers we could see were the bartender (too busy to bother), the hostess (she had a line out the door that she needed to get seated), and two other waitresses that were practically running to try to keep up with the flow of the place; things were getting hectic.

The rude waitress had more guests seated in her assigned section and she treated them the same way, rude. "Excuse me miss?" I said trying to catch the waitress's attention. "What?" She snapped at me with an attitude that made me feel like I had interrupted her reunion with her long forgotten happy mood. "Could I get a refill when you get a second please?" I asked trying to ignore the rudeness and keep my anger under control.

The waitress rolled her eyes and walked away without answering me. The couple that had just arrived and were unfortunately seated in this waitress's section looked shocked; like they couldn't believe what they just witnessed, Star's jaw dropped open in anger watching the waitress walk away, Shannon looked as shocked as the couple sitting across from us, and I just closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I could feel my skin begin to heat up as my anger switch was being played with; then a voice called out to me, "Stay calm! The girl is probably having a bad day." While three other voices were calling out, "Beat her ass! How dare she disrespect you that way! You are a paying customer! She needs to be put in her place!" It was like having one angel on my right shoulder against three devils on my left while I am stuck in the middle of the bickering match. The aggravation was growing on me and there was nothing I could do about it. I kept my eyes closed trying to ignore all of them, I knew no one else could hear them, but I couldn't help the word, STOP, that slipped out of my mouth in an embarrassingly loud tone. I took another deep breath and opened my eyes. Almost everyone in the building was looking at me and the place went from being loud and everyone talking at the same time that made the place echo with gibberish and silverware tapping plates to complete silence and concerned glares mixed with that chick is fucking crazy glares.

I flopped myself back down in my chair after finally realizing I had stood up when I yelled and covered my face with my hands as I slipped down trying to hide myself from the embarrassment; the chatter and plate tapping resumed.

"We should really move tables; this winch is making me mad. Are you ok?"

"I'm fine!" I answered, trying to convince myself more than trying to answer Star's question.

Surprisingly, the rude waitress brought me a fresh refill quicker than anticipated except for the fact that she slammed it down so hard it hit the table with a loud thud, spilled all over her hand which she shook off and splashed the couple that were seated behind her, and startled everyone else seated around us; It's a good thing the cup was made of plastic. "Well, at least she is doing her job!" Shannon said trying to find some positivity in the situation. "Half-ass! She didn't take the empty cup." I said feeling the anger tugging at me more and more. "It's ok, no big deal." I finished and took yet another deep breath sat up straight and tried to shake off my negative feelings.

"Where is our food? Shouldn't it be done by now? It looks like everyone has food except us and the people next to us that the waitress so rudely splashed with cola hands!" Star yelled; I could see how angry she was getting. Poor Shannon didn't say much at all other than trying to find the only good in all the madness. "Look." I whispered to Star and pointed behind her.

We watched the rude waitress walk back toward us with a tray of food. "Finally!" Star said relieved. "Wait, why is the food coming out before the appetizer?" Shannon asked. "I don't know." I answered. The rude waitress passed us and went straight to the couple that came in after us. "What? We were here first! Why are they getting their food before we even get our appetizer? We were here a whole damn twenty minutes before they got here!" Star yelled. "Star calm down!" Shannon whispered, obviously feeling a little embarrassed.

"Relax lady! It's coming!" The rude waitress snapped and what ladies and gentlemen? That's right, she rolled her eyes again but this time she figured out a new trick! She held her hand up at us while she said it and smiled like she was proud of herself as she turned away from us! Now, I'm pissed! I felt my temperature rise from the inside, heating my skin even more to a point beyond control. I was sweating bullets, I balled my fists up, I could feel myself shaking uncontrollably, and I could see a large bright red light flash in front of my face, that was it; I had lost complete control of myself.