There are a lot of things I am good at: Photography, sleeping, swimming, aikido, to name a few. There are other things I’m OK at doing: building decks, mowing lawns, blogging, walking and chewing gum at the same time. And then are things that I have never done but I get thrown into (and thus have to rise to the challenge). A clear example: Running the cash register at my cousin’s husband’s Gyro Café Seattle near Group Health on Capitol Hill.
Allow me to jog your memory about my truly awesome performance. Back on February 4, 2014, I worked at Gyro Café Seattle for a whole two hours. As an excellent blogger, I wrote about my cashier experience here on my blog of worthless advice. Here is the link:
As in any endeavor I partake in, I rocked it. It was a little hard at first. However, that doesn’t mean that I didn’t rise to the top and become the best employee he has ever seen. I even awarded myself the Employee of the Month Award on my first day on the job (click here).
So imagine to my surprise when I received the other day, a text from my cousin Kim (who monitors the Yelp! Reviews ) about a review she had from the time I worked there. Dear cousin Kim was reading through the Yelp reviews and came across one from the day I worked the cash register. Keep in mind, I was there for a mere two hours at the Café Gyro Seattle and that was way back in February 2014. As you can see below, I got an excellent review…5 out of 5 stars. (Which is really no surprise, right?)
And I’m planning to milk this thing forever! I put it on my Facebook and now on my blog.
Here’s my reviewer…I’m sure this isn’t her real photo but she has the potential to be become the future Mrs. Kevin Hellriegel Number 2 (or it just Cyndi my imaginary stalker).
To be honest, this reviewer is actually probably one of my friends (or cousins) playing a trick on me. At least, this is my train of thought because it was created on the day my blog post went up. Or is this actually Cyndi, my imaginary stalker writing it? We had a few friends over for dinner yesterday and they thought for sure I wrote it. It would have been a big coup on my part but I didn’t write it.
So after this wonderful review….what is the next thing I plan to do? Uh, work there every Monday and be the sarcastic older hunk with the dreamy eyes for this reviewer (if this reviewer actually were a real person). What else would I do? Sometimes you have to give the (imaginary customers) public what they want. I will do anything to boost sales. I am going to be the eye candy for to help increase sales. I can accept that burden for my dear family.
I hope you see you all there on Mondays for a wonderful lunch. What could be better besides some sarcastic quips AND awesome food???
Thanks for reading. Have a great weekend.
Kevin Hellriegel's Blog of Worthless Advice 
I too am good at sleeping, but need a little help with the gum chewing.
Wait. That’s a nice review? No wonder it’s not currently recommended. The meaner the review the more likely it is trustworthy. Remember, you can’t trust Yelp. And don’t get a big head. Since the reviewer is so beautiful she is clearly not meant for you. I recommend you pull another shift and try again. Gyros rocks. I hope there was a lot of pilferage as you worked.
I get treated pretty well when I’m there. Stop by sometime with lady friends, but watch out for the older (ouch) blogger posing as a cashier.
This proves it: You don’t have to be good at your job, but as long as you’re attractive, people won’t care.