> I remember when I was working overnight at the local
> Sambo's. The restaurant chain is defunct now, I think, but
> their mascot was a tiger. One night about 2:30 AM the
> manager tells to get into the tiger costume because there's
> a kid out here celebrating his birthday. So I jumped into
> that smelly brown felt bodybag with a tail and paws, put on
> the big tiger head and did my bit. Roar, snarl, etc.
> After they had left, it occurred to me: who the hell
> celebrates a kid's birthday at nearly 3 AM? The kid (he
> turned 11) seemed happy, his parents didn't look like they
> were on the lam from anything, and everything looked normal
> except it was nearly 3 AM when they finished up. Their car
> had out-of-state license plates but I didn't get a close
> look at them as they left. I have always wondered about
> that family and I hope they got to wherever they were going
> okay.
>
> KL
>
The Old Country Buffet restaurants in my area (NW Indiana area) have a person dressed up in a bee outfit on family night (Thursday nights). The bee (at least at the Highland Indiana location) is supposed to say nothing, but can shake their head yes or no, and can shake hands with the kids.