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Personal Narrative: Dressing In Dierks, Arkansas

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It was a blazing hot Saturday afternoon, and I was waitressing at Kenya 's drive in in Dierks, Arkansas. This was my fifth day working there. We were catering food for a benefit and we were extremely busy. I had several customers to waitress on, and I was very nervous. There was probably fifty people in the small building. I seat this guy and his brother and take their drink orders, and go get their drinks. I come back with their drinks, and when I sat the drink in front of the guys brother I spilt a tiny bit of his dr pepper on the table. I then took their food order. I later then brought them their food which was butterfly shrimp and a burger. I asked the guys if they needed anything else and the guys response was can I have some cocktail
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