here's pop in your face

i dropped my first tray of glasses tonight. ever. in my 7 years of serving and working in the restaurant setting i have never spilled a drink or dropped a tray. tonight i had a table of 12 in my section. i hate big tables. they are rarely worth it. i was doing my 2nd round of drink refills (before the meal was even out :S) and for no reason at all the only pop on my tray decided to fall. i have re-played it many, many times in my mind and i have no idea how it fell. but it did, all over the girl with spikey blonde hair. i got her good. i suppose if you're going to do it at all...
the people were really nice about it and were quite understanding. "first time for everything!" they said. my manager too was fine with it. she just said we would buy their meal. i told the girl who i dumped it on that she could have a free dessert (as she only ordered a side of mashed potatoes.) of course her mother had to pipe up and ask what she was getting (even though she barely got any of it).
long story short - they were fine. not grumpy at all. laughed with me after. the bill was $224 after taking off almost $20 for me showering them in pop.
i got $13.
on a $224 bill.
i guess they weren't that understanding after all.