Guest Confessional: Appetizer Surprise

A few years ago I waited on a table that I will not soon forget. The table was a family of four made up of a boy about 12, a girl about 14, and the mother and father both in their early 40's. The family was seated in a booth not far from the kitchen and was dressed modestly. They were not the most sparkling of conversationalists but they were polite and didn't immediately give me a weird vibe. The family ordered an appetizer, two kids meals, and two modestly priced steaks. All in all, your typically family and order. Things got weird as I delivered the appetizer. The boy started to, forcefully, complain about stomach pains. The mother and father seemed to ignore the complaints. I didn't think much of it as I left the table. A few minutes later I came back to the table to check on the appetizer. The mother told me that the appetizer was fine and gave me a bowl filled with napkins to bring to the dish room. I took the bowl from her and walked away from the table. As I was walking into the kitchen I noticed the bowl had a strange odor to it. By the time I reached the dish room I realized that the bowl contained the contents of the young boy's stomach. The boy threw up at the table in the closest thing he could find which happened to be the appetizer bowl (with appetizer still in it). The mother covered it up with napkins and asked me to take it to the back of the house.

Moral of the story: If your kid is sick, don't go out to eat. If you find yourself in a situation where your kid gets sick, take them to the bathroom. If your kid throws up at the table, don't make your sever clean it up.