The Top 10 Positive Experiences Gained From
Being a Busboy at Mama’s Greasy Eatins Restaurant

10> Learning how to shout profanities out of the side of your mouth without removing the cigarette.

9> Finally learning all the words to “Convoy” from the regulars.

8> Finding a quarter in the bottom of an old dish tub! Woo hoo!

7> Gaining humility while wiping other people’s table droppings, helping you to one day wipe some corporate executive’s nose.

6> Makes it easy to keep up on the latest doins of Ethel’s boy, Ray.

5> Learning that life is like the ancient, yellowed no-pest strip over the jukebox: You never know what’s going to stick.

4> All the leftover mashed potatoes you want, plus the added fiber of cigarette butts.

3> Apparently the breaking point is 67, when it comes to number of times having one’s ass pinched in a day.

2> From the lead cook, learning what happens when cousins marry.

and the Number 1 Positive Experience Gained From Being a Busboy
at Mama’s Greasy Eatins Restaurant…

1> When you walk up to a table, even outlaw bikers shut up and lean back.

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Credits:

Selected from 15 submissions from 5 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 1, 10 (Employee of the week!)
Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH — 2, 3
Richard W. Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 4, 6
Janis Spidle, Kansas City, MO — 5, 9
Travis Ruetenik, Honolulu, HI — 7, 8
Emily Evans, Kansas City, MO — Topic
K.W. Wyckham, Youngstown, OH — Banner Tag
Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — President & CEO