I Love Me Some Cracker Barrel

We had the strangest experience at Cracker Barrel tonight.

We walked in and the hostess asked, "How many?"
I said, "4"
She said, "3?"
I said, "4".

Then, we get to our table and it's too close to the table behind it... I felt bad because as I tried to squeeze in... but I kept hitting the lady behind me. She didn't like it very much. But there was nowhere to go!

Then our waitress is taking our order and as Tim asks for his corn the she just runs away. It was funny at the time because it really seemed like she was offended that Tim had asked for corn. We kept trying to figure out what had just happened. Even when she took the drink orders it was a bit odd, so we didn't really know what was going on.

Another waitress came up a few minutes later and asked if she could take our order. We told her we were in the middle of giving another waitress our orders, and she said, "Oh. She's not feeling well. I'm taking over."

Somehow our dinner conversation lead to coming up with a meatloaf turkey sandwich... like... meatloaf slices instead of a bun... with turkey in the middle... or a meatloaf Monte Cristo. I don't like these ideas at all. They almost make me sick to think about. Which is EXACTLY why the guys enjoy talking about it so much. :)

Then as we were finishing up dinner. Our waitress runs up to us, slams her hands down on the table, and says "Well, folks, I've got some bad news." And then she starts laughing and says "No, no. You guys already have it!!!" And then trails off muttering about something as she bounces away.

This is what? The 4th time we've all looked at each other like "what just happened?" and started laughing.

As we get up to leave, we see a fire truck and ambulance. They are taking our first waitress (that originally ran away) out on a stretcher. She had high blood pressure. We're not exactly sure what happened, but we were told they had a bus come in during their normal dinner rush and she had over worked herself.

Now we all felt really bad. We never thought something bad actually happened to her. It was just so humorous and seemed like she forgot something...

Our thoughts and prayers are with our Cracker Barrel waitress tonight.

As for the rest of the experience? I laughed. A lot...

I love Cracker Barrel.

Peace. Love. Fiddle.
~natalie