scottbellredfish
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Re:Northlake Mall - 2008/11/16 21:25
Then you will remember this:
"Ladies and gentlemen, cats and dogs, lats and lads and little green frogs. Stop what you are doing and swallow what you are chewing." That has been stuck in my head for nearly thirty years and I want it to go away.
BobG76 wrote:
I worked at Farrell's for several months. I think that it was my first fo' real job (I was the official baseball scorekeeper at Medlock Park for several years' previous).
Remember how they used to run "The Zoo" (a giant bowl of ice cream, cake and whipped cream) around the restaurant on the shoulders of the busboys while drums banged and bells rang, stopping at the customers' table?
One day, another busboy and I ran a Zoo underneath a coat rack at the end of an aisle. The whipped cream, cherries and chocolate were sheared off the top of the Zoo by a very expensive fur coat. I remember that the woman was extremely angry and the manager promised to pay for cleaning.
While running another Zoo, I slipped on a water puddle and crashed into a water station. I ripped my pants, bloodied my shin and bruised my forehead.
Fortunately, I was in the back at the time. If you recall the Zoo run, you remember that the bowl sat in a cut-out in a board that had handles on each end. The handles extended over the busboys' shoulders so the guy in front would be running with the Zoo behind him. Had the busboy in front not been able to hold on, the Zoo would have been on the floor with me.
I despised working in the dishwash room. The smell of cold chili mixed with warm ice cream and half-eaten hamburger was almost unbearable. I spent a lot of time in the dishwash room.... I guess fur coats and restaurant patrons were safer with me in there.
Never worked in a restaurant again.
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Yeah, Good ole North Lake Mall. I worked at the Orange Bowl for a few months. It was a hoot. Pizza slices, hot dawgs and ernje drinks. 
