Ashburn
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"I guess you're right." Ash groaned in a southern accent, than only appeared when he was stressed "I could hear Mrs. Mabel in here and she didn't sound like she was keen on us staying in here."

In truth Ash only felt slightly better, and still was light headed but tried his best not to show it. His breathing was calm now so he knew he had to get back to work, despite his bones protesting the thought. Slowly, so as not to make himself any more light headed, Ash coaxed his creaking body into a standing position. 

A scream from the dining area pulled his attention. And gave him a bad feeling in his stomach.

"What did Murphy's law say again?" He asked rhetorically

With a sigh he walked slowly to the dining area, just hoping that whatever it was didn't happen in his section. After all he'd had just about all the excitement he could handle, as he turned the corner he let out a groan. There was Zack, standing next to a woman covered in pasta salad and fries across from a laughing kid.

"Oh shoot me." He muttered in his now thick southern accent adding in several more choice words as he walked across the dining area to his section.

"I am so sorry about this ma'am." He said politely "He is new here and I was supposed to be training him."

"Look at my blouse!" She shrieked standing

"No worries ma'am" Ash replied with a warm smile and a confident, though winded, tone "I always end up looking like that by the end of the shift. The stains actually come right out with some warm water and white vinegar. Just leave them to soak overnight in a 50-50 ratio and then wash like normal" He gestured at his white apron to make a point of how effective it was."

"Look here you twig I did not come here for you to question my cleaning abilities." She replied angrily

"My sincere apologies ma'am, this is indeed a great inconvenience and I shall be more than happy to make it up to you. As it is my fault the meal will be free and I can offer you a coupon for a free romantic dinner for two on Valentines day"

The coupons he was referring to was actually just a promotion they had to give the diners anyway. Apparently the owners thought this hole in the wall would be romantic and was trying to start a new valentines tradition. Ash thought it was stupid, after all they had the same customers every single day and a back ally diner was not someplace that got a lot of walk in traffic but right now he was very grateful for it.

"Fine" She said bitterly

"I'm certain that you and your partner will love it, there's even live singing" He groaned in his head because the "singing" would be done by the hostess, and Ash thought it was terrible but hadn't said a word since he didn't want to offend her. Or even worse get volunteered himself.

Reaching into his pocket he pulled out one of the coupons and handed it to her, again apologizing and assuring her she would love the dinner. Before Ash could offer to get her any towels she grabbed her son and left in a huff. Leaving a very messy table and a very unhappy waiter.

"I guess I'll clean it up" Ash groaned, looking at the clock to see the time. He still had 50 minutes on his shift and was obviously going to spend it cleaning up the table, and be paying $14 to Mrs. Mabel for the meal. Pulling a dirty cloth from his apron he started cleaning the table, using the edge for support.