SHILOH, Ill. — A local Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill waitress has been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after working a shift on Veterans Day, sources confirmed today.
Veteran waitress Kari Robinson reportedly began “breathing heavily and hallucinating before becoming overwhelmed with inconsolable rage” in the middle of lunch service Friday. Robinson’s symptoms coincided with the chain restaurant's Veterans Day offer of free meals to former military service members, which typically results in their franchise locations being overwhelmed by customers wearing camouflage shirts, hats with their former duty station, or military-issue boots.
“It was a fucking warzone,” Robinson said between heaving sobs. “You couldn’t escape them [military veterans]. They were everywhere. Whether it was constantly refilling their black coffee, listening to their stories about ‘being in the suck,’ or trying to corral their children from destroying our restaurant, you couldn’t shake them.”
“I lost so many good plates out there,” she added.
