What does it mean when your waitress sits down to chat with you?

[Tony]

I went to a cafe by myself one night and when I ordered my usual. I usually don't go by myself, but I really had a craving for what I ordered. she noticed that it was the same thing I ordered last time she waited on me. I don't usually go there, so I was surprised she remembered. As I waited for my food she said she remembered me from all the way back when we used to go to elementary school (we haven't seen each other since then till the cafe, so I didn't remember.) Then she sat down and we talked for a while. not too long though, cuz there were other customers. When I went home, I got out my old yearbooks from elementary and looked through them, and I actually found her! we weren't in the same class or anything, she was actually a grade or two above me, and we didn't really know each other then. Was she being nice, looking for a big tip, or trying to revive an old grade school crush? My cynical mind was leaning towards the second until I actually found her in my yearbooks. Now I'm not sure. What do the people of Y! answers think?

 

[Annalise]

I'm sure that she just wanted money...And maybe she saw your name in the yearbook and the name was your name and she thought that she would get more money if she knew who it was...

 

[Get]

You wanna know what the people of yahoo answers think?

TL;DR

 

[tamsie]

Making friends. I have wait people sit at my table all the time & chat. of course I'm the type of person that brings up a conversation with EVERYONE
Before I know it, we're exchanging phone numbers!

 

[Adriene]

She was surprised to run into someone from her past who she probably cared for in some way, she's interested to see what you're like now, she had a long day and she wanted someone to talk to, and she was being friendly.
Also she might have a little crush on you. You can't know for sure but if you go in next time and ask her to coffee or something and she says yes right away you have a chance to find out.

 

[Russell Guess]

Good question I often wondered myself. It seems some restaurants ask the servers to do this or it is a thing that the server does to act like they are a friend in hopes of a good tip. It def has nothing to do with I want to get to know ya thing. Russ