I’d like to speak to the manager!!!

I’m on VERY friendly terms with a lot of our regulars.  

I share stories about Adam.  About where we live.  Our travels.  Our cats.  

I even share stories of growing up in Kentucky as a gay kid.

Tonight, two such people were in.  We bonded last summer when she’d call to make a reservation and the name that would pop up was her first name, but her ex-husbands last name.   They had not been married for a while.

She and her boyfriend come in often.  And every time it was the wrong last name.

Eventually we were friendly and I would tease her about it.  She’d tease me back.

Finally, I clicked on something one day, and it actually let me change her last name to the right name.

We were instantly best friends.  

She and her boyfriend, come in during the winter about once a week, most often on Thursday’s.  

I shared the story about Kevin from last night and on their way out came to find me to call me Kevin.  We laughed and I told that the staff wanted me to get a stage name.

They were tossing out ideas, and her boyfriend says, well it needs to be something strong that lets people know you are going to take any shit.

I thought for a second and said, How about DEXTER?  

It took a tenth of a second to get the reference but they thought it was perfect. 

Hmmm

Dexter.  

Or Hannibal.  

Or Jeffrey.