Those of you who have been reading this blog for a while know I am a huge David Wilcox fan.
One of the reasons I like him so much is his ability to make a point humorously in his lyrics. I bring this up because I live one of his songs, Rule Number One, every day. In concert, when he plays this song, he prefaces it by saying "someday you'll be the waiter" - how true that is. The Ex was never nice to waiters, counter people - whatever. Impatient and downright rude actually.
I had dinner last night at a Waffle House (that's another David Wilcox song, BTW) and the waitress was a bit slow, perhaps impaired even. My companion was fine with it, patient and sweet actually. And I was struck by the glaring difference of how the Ex would have handled it - and how much more pleasant the meal was without that extra stress.
Posted by Vox at June 24, 2004 01:23 PM | general