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Wednesday 17 December 2008

I want to be alone......

I was just home from work from yet another day/night of turkey shuffling and drink humping and was feeling grouchy. Belligerence oozed from every aching pore. The Cousin greeted me with his usual face of wariness and apprehension. He likes to wait for a moment to judge my mood before fully engaging me in conversation. Now, as I was threatening the kitchen door and swearing at the kettle and anything else that I deemed to be getting in my way he correctly assumed that I was in a less than favourable mood. I really am a joy to live with.

'tis the season to be sherry
or fucking not

This mood was due in part to my being utterly shattered and in no small part due to the last two guests I had served before I left. They wound me right up, and I was already so tightly wrapped it was gonna take very little to set me off.

"Can we get two sweet sherries please?"

Sweet sherry? That'll do it. And at that I crossed over from being slightly tired and emotional to being angry and combative.

Their simple request was met with a terse, "Sweet sherry? Yeah we don't do it."

"No sweet sherry Niles!"

"None Frasier."

Okay they weren't the Crane brothers but they may as well have been what with the way they went at the wine list and compared it to wine lists in other establishments. Was I not in the mood for this carry on. And you know you are in for a rough ride if the first thing they ask for is sweet sherry, especially if they aren't 65 year old women. They made do with a bottle of Bordeaux Supérieur 2005, obviously. Seriously the last thing I needed after a rather elongated and ball achingly annoying lunch service was two foodies out to pick holes in the carte de vins, as the portlier one kept saying.

I wouldn't mind but they were from Cavan or Monaghan or some other shite border town. Since when did they get so uppity and full of themselves? Ah the bog trotters appear to not only be able to stand upright but order wine too, cunts.

By the time Finbar and Niall, as I had taken to calling them, had considered, scrutinized and ingested three courses of late night supper I was fit to be tied. I approached them with a huge beaming, and obviously forced, smile hoping against hope that they were done for the night. But alas no.

"Some port would be wonderful", said Finbar

Zeebrugge sounds about right, I thought.

"Yes, sir some port it is" , I replied with a heavy heart.

It took another half hour for them to finish two small ports. But eventually they finished and did the right thing and fucked off home to fill in their journals and score their dining experience on one of those god awful internet review sites. Democracy is such a frightful bore. Who do these people think they are coming into a restaurant at night and ordering food? Sake. It took me about 2 whole minutes to clear and set their table and phone the wonderful people at Fon-a-Cab to come get me.

So there I was standing in the kitchen with The Cousin staring at me from behind the fridge as I muttered threats at most of the kitchen appliances for not working quick enough or too quick. He, as I said, was judging my mood and then hit me with,

"We have a problem." That invariably means I have a problem.

"WHAT? What fucking now?"

"Eh the heating boiler thingy-ma-jig (he is as technically gifted as I) is spewing out soot and black smoke."

"Right."

"And...", there was fear in is little bloodshot eyes.

"And? And fucking what?"

"Next door's kitchen is covered in it."

"Right......" I continued making a cup of tea and uttered a violent threat at the toaster for not toasting quick enough.

".....well there's fuck all I can do about it right now." And I shuffled off to bed leaving the cousin cowering behind the fridge. I am such a complete asshole sometimes. Sometimes.

In the end I got no sleep as I pondered the joy that is phoning the landlord. And how would I deal with the new neighbour? She was probably quite miffed, justifiably so, seeing as her kitchen was now coal mine than cooking room.

It's all too much. I don't respond well to adversity when tired. I did phone the landlord who greeted my call with his usual long pause which left me none the wiser as to what he intended to do. The house is baltic and if it hadn't been for a quickly delivered bottle of wine, chocolates and xmas card the relationship with her next door would be frostier.

Seriously I cannot wait for January and the expected slump. I'm gonna sleep for a week only waking to shout at something, probably The Cousin or the toaster.

23 People trying to get Manuel's attention:

Jenny said...

There, there, you need a drinkee and a warm bath and all will be well.

Old Knudsen said...

A cold bath as the water heater thingy is broke. Did Fon-A-Cab change their name from Shoot-A-Cab?

Manuel said...

boxer: promise?

Manuel said...

old k: yes a few years back when the lvf stopped pretending to be anything other than a bunch of drug dealers....

Megan McGurk said...

That's not the racist old lady next door is it?
Because that would be fabulous!

Manuel said...

medbh: no, jesus that would have been a giggle. No it's the new one on the other side. I really don't want to fall out with the new person...

Unknown said...

Were they wealthy bachelors from Carrickmacross, gettin' extra good value for their euros?

Sounds like you might have a bit of a boiler problem there. Oh, you knew that already did you?

Unknown said...

Were they wealthy bachelors from Carrickmacross, gettin' extra good value for their euros?

Sounds like you might have a bit of a boiler problem there. Oh, you knew that already did you?

Manuel said...

conan: quite probably they were...it would be no good if the boiler didn't go belly up a week before xmas......i mean where;s the fun in that....?!

Unknown said...

The tradespersons will be on triple treble time, with extra teeth sucking and head shaking... the difficulty getting parts this time of year... yadda yadda. With any luck it'll be sorted for you by Friday at the latest.

Manuel said...

conan: I'll get some extra jumpers just to be sure....

Anonymous said...

Manuel...our oven went Saturday so it is the time of year everything will break down. However I had the time to get another one without doing doubles this month.I don't ever want to do lunches again unless it is the only shift I will work in a day.

Manuel said...

steve: I normally only do one maybe wo doubles a week but this time of the year it's everyday....I'm whacked....

Anonymous said...

Manuel...Up till this year during December it was 5 doubles and Saturday night.No split.It all got a bit much last year when during Christmas my back went out.My back first went out when I was 35 , 14 years ago. After a time it's just a physical thing. Moving tables , chairs , up and down stairs , etc...It is just bullshit.

Native Minnow said...

Hang in there. It'll all be over shortly.

Anonymous said...

Manuel, you should take up yoga.
HAHAHAHAHA

Anonymous said...

I have this vision of you every morning slowing opening a window of a sooty advent calender, hanging your head and whispering........cunts.

Anonymous said...

Sherry is the new black, didn't you know?

fatmammycat said...

Poor old Sausage, not long now, it's * checks watch for date*... well not long now.

savannah said...

damn, sugar, that ain't right! ;) xoxo

(which is southern for "i'm sorry you're having such a horrible time at work.")

Anonymous said...

Beautiful...made my day. Gawd, if that isn't a blatant example of schadenfreude I don't know what is. Sorry....can't help it.

Have a cocktail...that always helps!

Niall said...

may i register my distaste at your choice of names. bastard.lol

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