Long John Gold

[Teresa]

All I said to Derrick was, "She's had a bad day so, if you could just make her smile."

 

At that, the waiter got down on one knee, took my pregnant daughter's hand and said, "So tell me, baby-daddy trouble?"

 

After showing us pictures of his niece and answering questions about his recent move from Navy to college, he turned back to my daughter, suddenly placed a hand firmly on her forehead and bellowed, "Be gone, ye demons!!"

 

Soon there were other waiters involved, a parade of food plates with cursive messages written in dessert sauces, an "I'm so sorry" in strawberry, "that you feel sad" in chocolate, "please smile again" in caramel.

 

He proposed to her, kissed her small pale hand, had her in tears from staccato one-liners delivered with a flawless British accent.

 

At the end of the meal this young Robin Williams clone paired up with a disoriented dishwasher to sing You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin', sang his heart out on bended knee, while not a fork in the room was lifted.

 

 

 

 

[Jeanette Cheezum]

That was astonishing. I hope her spirits were lifted.

[Bill Floyd]

Just goes to show there are all kinds of heroes.  Reflects well on the establishment, too.   

[Judy Thompson]

I think my fave of all of this was the image I have of that disoriented dishwasher, gamely singing "That Lovin' Feelin' , utterly clueless...

[Jadie Jones]

very, very cool

[Toby Tucker Hecht]

Very cool.  You couldn't make this up if you tried.

[Joey Delgado]

Wow. Waiter's like that are few and far between. What a great restaurant experience. Love this story. Your descriptions are spot-on, very visual. Made me wish I were there.

[Mike Handley]

He proposed? As in "Marry me, Miss Scarlet?"

Love the story, the telling and the tag. Agreed.

[Angela]

Experience of a lifetime.

[Stephen Torelli]

"Long John" Terrific

[Cita]

Oh.  I am in love.