I was working one time at a restaurant and a woman had reserved our "party room" for some event she was hosting (I think she was selling essential oils or something like that). While it's not a huge room and only seats around 14 people, a lot of people reserve it for this reason. When asked how many people for the reservation, she said "well if it only seats 14 or so, I don't think it should be that many, but hopefully close to it. I'd say at least 10." Fast forward to the day of, she arrives early to eat and get set up, has her meal, and waits. For 2 hours this woman was hanging out in this little side room, waiting for someone, anyone, to come listen to her speak about whatever it was. I didn't take care of her, so I didn't notice at first, but as she's walking out the door it suddenly clicks in my brain and I find the server to tells me not one soul showed up, so she finally gave up and paid and left.
I don't know if she was sad about it or if that was normal for her for that situation, but I, as a 24 year old guy had to hold back tears. You know how there are times that legitimately upset you, even though in the grand scheme of life, "there are worse things" but still it gets you? Looking back, that's the saddest thing I've seen in years.
Sorry if that was too long and/or sad. Okay, back to the happy funsubs, everyone!
Sorry if that was too long and/or sad. Okay, back to the happy funsubs, everyone!