Harry Potter at the Comet Bowl

[Doreen Rich]

I am a waitress at the Comet Bowl. A couple of weeks ago, I waited on 
a family, whose 13 year old son commented on my Harry Potter light up 
pen. He asked if I had read the books. We had an animated discussion 
about Harry, while his parents waited patiently to order their food.

This same family was in last night. The boy exclaimed, "It's the 
Harry Potter waitress!" (yay me) I asked him if he had read all of 
the books yet. He replied that he had read, "all 4 of them." I 
said, "You mean all 6 of them." When he looked puzzled, I told him 
that if he liked the HP books, he would want to read the two Comic 
Relief books too. Then he made some comment about how many times I 
had read the books and asked me a question which he didn't think I 
knew the answer to. I did. He continued with more questions as I 
either came to their table, or passed it on the way to others. 

He really thought he *had* me with, "Do you know what Harry's middle 
name is?" 

"James, his father's first name. Do YOU know what his mother's maiden 
name was?"

"His mother's maiden name??!! How many times have you READ these 
books?"

I told him, "You are a HP fan. I am a HP fanatic!"

Finally, just before they were ready to leave, he asked me, "What is 
Ron Weasley's favorite Quidditch team?"

OMG!! Did the kid figure out, on his own, that my weakness is in 
sports? I managed to finally come up with, "Chudley" ... but NO... 
this was NOT good enough for him! (yay kid) He wanted to 
know, "Chudley what?" 

I caved... told him, "Ya got me!" He was elated! He told me, "Chudley 
Cannons" with a great big triumphant smile. We high fived. His 
parents seemed to be thoroughly enjoying the whole debate. (yes, they 
left me a generous tip)

I know this whole story is just silly ... but I was in a sharing mood 
this morning.

Doreen, who loves sharing HP wherever she goes