Dan Jones

Kronk!

Saturday evening the guys and gals at SALT split up to have a 'guys night' and a 'girls night'. From what I'm told, the girls made a lot of good food, watched movies, and got really silly. That IS what I was told. The guys went to Ponderosa Steak House in Aurora, Il, where we had the best waiter ever.

Mike "Kronk" Infinity (we really only know his first name, but he signed it Mike followed by the infinity symbol) was huge! Probably 6'2" and obviously he had lifted a few heavy things in his day. Due to his voice, demeanor, and eagerness to serve, he soon became known as Kronk.

He constantly brought out plates and napkins without being asked to, in fact, I don't think we ever asked him to bring anything - he had it all already. Whenever our glasses got to be only half full, he already had another on the way.

The best was when the steak was brought out. The guy comes around the corner carrying two huge serving platters, totaling to be 10 steaks, at the same time! After getting our steak, he paused to ask if we wanted steak sauce, then pulled out several bottles of A1 and the house brand. He then paused to ask if we wanted sour cream for our potatoes, then proceeded to pull out little containers of sour cream. Amazing. He got a good tip.

Before we left, he dropped a card off at the table that read "I hope you have an effervescent evening.", whatever that means.

And why does every day off look like this?

Posted by dan at June 21, 2004 10:25 AM