Being a waitress means you have superpowers. The above statement is something I have learned over the course of my adult life which, since graduating, I have spent cleaning tables, carrying trays, and fake-smiling at miserable middle-aged woman who often reply to my grin with looks of disdain. Lovely. Rather that being viewed as human beings by said miserable customers, waiting staff are often, it would seem, believed to be super human beings who hold a multitude of powers. The power of being in two places at once The ability to be in two places at once, for instance, is a power which waiting staff must possess in order to satisfy the needs of multiple tables simultaneously, so as to avoid any upset or inconvenience to any party involved. If waiting staff could not be in two places at once, some customers may actually be asked to - God forbid - wait until an order has been taken from another table before they can request a refill of their New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. The powe