Word: waitering
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...mention the Hasty Pudding Theatricals to Lithgow, however, and he immediately grunts like a disapproving waiter at a fancy restaurant. “I considered the Pudding beneath my dignity,” he says...
...Egyptians are deeply worried about the latest outbreak of violence. "Why is this happening again?" asked Mahmoud, a distraught waiter at a restaurant near the scene of one of Saturday's two attacks. "These killers have no brains at all. Look at what they are doing to the country." Some Egyptians take comfort in the belief that the perpetrators of the recent attacks appear to have been poorly-organized amateurs with a limited capacity for mayhem. The background and motives of the attackers remain fuzzy, and it is not known whether they were attempting to exploit the growing political tension...
Some have chosen to ignore the AIDS threat altogether, indulging still in the casual, promiscuous sex that initially followed gay liberation. A few are fatalistic. "I figure we've all been infected by now," says Corey Willis, a waiter in a San Francisco restaurant. "Either you're going to get it or you aren't. And worrying isn't going to do any good...
...current winner of the Best of Boston award for Portuguese food, this 30-year old institution is a surprisingly relaxed place. Waiter Jose Santos says, “A lot of people come in here for the first time and ask a lot of questions. We try to help them out.” He personally recommends the shellfish casserole, and “anything with pork.” In keeping with the restaurant’s traditional character, the chef refuses to reveal his secrets. The spices used in the frango assado, roast chicken, are strictly confidential...
Short interstitial bits complete the action, and show the sense of humor that accompanies the performance: in the first, a waiter asks customers whether they want the meat or vegetarian options, and a man with a thick Indian accent informs him: “I would like a wedgie, and my wife also would like a wedgie.” In another, a Simon Cowell-modeled judge evaluates three comedians performing to become “Indian Idol.” In the end, the one who would be winner is dismissed: “Sorry, you?...