Fernando works as a server at an authentic Mexican restaurant, called "La Belleza de Jalisco". He loves his job, & he loves to go above & beyond to help the diners feel safe, happy & healthy. His personality is just as beautiful as the restaurant.
The restaurant building is enclosed inside of a round fish tank aquarium. Basically, the building walls are made up as a decorated big glass fish tank with a roof, of course, with fish in it. The building isn't made with rocks, concrete, wood, etc. So many silver dollars, guppies, tetras, bettas & goldfish. The fish hang out with the other animals, like the geckos, hermit crabs, fire belly toads & garter snakes. There were many pretty colorful plants & decorations inside the aquarium, as well.
Mr. "Jazz" & his wife, Mrs. Vonetta came in to order food & be seated. The hostess, Corissa, was very cheerful & jolly, & seated them at their table with some menus. Shortly after, the wife & husband had a chit chat about weekend plans. Mr. Jazz had his trumpet hidden inside of his case.
Fernando came over with some house made, warm tortilla chips & mango habanero salsa made from scratch. Then, he took the couple's orders.
"What can I get you to drink?", he asked them.
Then, Mr. Jazz said, "Yes. Uhh, we'd like to try the horchata. What's that?"
Fernando responded, "Well, it's a Mexican drink made with rice & cinnamon. Would you like to try a sample?"
"Sure." the couple responded.
Mrs. Vonetta didn't like the horchata. So instead, she opted for tamarindo, while Mr. Jazz couldn't get enough of that horchata drink.
"Ok. Let me go get those drinks for you", Fernando said.
Mrs. Vonetta said, "Hold up now, instead of you having to run back & forth, let us make it easier on you to just get our orders out the way now. We'd like to have this turkey enchilada dinner special with the beans & rice, salad & dessert for $20.99 each, for both of us. & I want the sopaipilla, since it's somewhat similar to our hometown New Orleans beignets. I miss home. We've been residing here in Houston, TX since Katrina. We miss home, but don't wanna go back."
Her husband nudged her & said, "Why that? Why not the fried ice cream?" Then, they had a small, minor debate while Fernando chuckled. Then, they both compromised & agreed to have 1 of each dessert & then share 1/2 of both.
So, Fernando went to go put the order in, & then he came back & held a conversation about New Orleans & the culture & everything. Then, he ran back to go get their food & told them to enjoy it.
They were sucking & smacking their food, raving on amongst each other about how EVERY bite of all the food tasted so DIVINE & HEAVENLY! They said that it was about THE BEST Mexican food that they've EVER had in the ENTIRE 67 years of their lives! After they got done eating, they each went to use the restroom, washed their hands, came back, & then did a little dance.
Shortly after, Mr. Jazz whipped out his trumpet & started playing a New Orleans Jazz version of the Old Rugged Cross, while his wife passed out gospel tracts. Many souls in that restaurant got saved that night. (Now you know, in real life, customers wouldn't be allowed to do that 😞). But the other customers, employees, managers, etc. were such in awe that they didn't care about any "rules" being broken. The employees turned off the restaurant music, & people starte filming & recording Mr. Jazz's performance on their smart phones.
After that, Fernando was like, "Shoo! Here's all the money left over from my $876.79 paycheck that I cashed last week. I'm good. My bills are paid up for the month." The money was $723 left over, & the couple split it.
The couple was stunned. They said, "No, you don't have to do that. Keep your money. The Lord put it on our hearts to do this. We're doing HIS work."
It was time for the restaurant to close, & everyone got into their cars & left.
The End