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The Girl Without a Clue

My folks and I met up at a restaurant a while back. Whew. To say that our waitress wasn't with it and seemed to fit in with the stereotypical cheerleader would be quite the understatement. She came up to our table and asked if we had ever been there before. My dad said, "Yeah, 73 times." She looked confused and said, "No, really? 73 times?" My mom then butted in and said, "No, you can't take anything he says seriously." The gal (her name was/is Ruth) said, "Oh really? Okay," with a serious look on her face. Alright, since the menus were different than how we remembered them, she went through the menu and noted on the buffalo wings, that they had barbecue, mild and spicy, but no teriyaki yet, which she thought was lame. She asked if we wanted anything as a starter. My dad responded with, "Yeah, we'll get the teriyaki buffalo wings." I watched her as he was saying that and she looked right at her pad of paper, wrot...