Hey Andy,

Good story...made me laugh.
Got any more :-)

Take care & Enjoy your wine,
SPOONS


"Andy" > wrote in message
...
> True:
>
> I was a dishwasher in my teens. I worked in a French restaurant. The
> owner had a morning TV show. He was a big, fat, bossy sob.
>
> One night, he walked back into the kitchen with three bottles of wine
> and told me to take the labels off the bottles.
>
> I filled a pail with hot water and soaked the bottles in it for 1/2
> hour, then peeled the labels off, tossed them away and sat the bottles
> on the shelf to dry.
>
> Later, the owner came in and asked for the labels. I said "you told me
> to take the labels off the bottles" and presented him with three fine,
> shining wine bottles.
>
> If you recall cartoon characters turning beet red with steam coming out
> of their ears, that was the owner.
>
> On payday, I got a check with a note stating "we are no longer in need
> of your services."
>
> To this day, I laugh at his stupidity for resting his rare wine label
> collection in the hands of a lowly dishwasher.
>
> I think of him whenever I have a glass of house wine! :-P
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andy