❝ nobody needs to rescue me .❞
( via: @acrbvs. meme: here. status: no longer accepting. )
—JASON HEAVED A SIGH, another staff member had decided to come to him in order to ask for help with dealing with a troublesome customer. Not just tonight, but for several nights in recent memory, this man in particular seemed to be quite troublesome. After what many considered to be “normal hours” for a restaurant to be open, drinks dropped to a certain price in order to try and accommodate certain audiences. Perhaps couples coming for a late night date, or salarymen who got out of the offices after some overtime. Seeing as it was a time for most of the potential guests to unwind, it was always rather upsetting to see things become so unruly due to the inconsiderate actions of a group of people, or in this case just a single person. Lionel never really had the heart to kick anyone out of the restaurant, seeing as how they were still paying customers, and he usually just took the route of compensating the ones affected by the rowdiness. While Jason wasn’t usually one to care one way or another, his new position in upper-management had many of the junior staff members turning to him in times where they couldn’t handle problems on their own.
He had finally arrived at the person in question slumped over in their seat. The table had been cleared by the wait staff just a moment prior, lest any glass get shattered if they were to come off table’s surface somehow. Though the man seemed rather subdued at the given moment, the lack of any patrons at the surrounding tables gave him the impression that he’d just missed the ruckus.
“Sir,” Jason began, “How much have you had to drink tonight? You still need a way to get back home, you know– You can’t stay here all night, this isn’t a hotel,” he took a more compromising tone than he would’ve liked. As much as he wanted the man out of his establishment, starting a fight, especially right after he’d been promoted to this position, just seemed like a bad move overall.
❝ nobody needs to rescue me .❞
He heard the man mumble almost incoherently, most likely in response to Jason’s suggestion. Dark eyes narrowed at the patron, and with a click of his tongue, Jason reached towards the drink clasped between the man’s fingers. “Allow me to do so then, sir,” Jason addressed him yet again, the final word laced with vitriol as he gave the drink another tug, “It’s time for you to go.”