Word: waitering
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Largesse. In Manhattan, an unemployed waitress perched on a window sill, showered $14-worth of nickels, dimes, quarters to passers-by in the street. She explained to police: "I felt sorry for those poor men." An indignant waiter sputtered that the largesse was his cache of tips...
Topics during the first week of his column (The Totem Pole), syndicated by United Features: a Chinese restaurant "ploplietor" who gives tips on Tiger Bone Wine; a waiter philosophizing on John D. Rockefeller's money worries ; an original account of how General Sherman coined the phrase "War is Hell...
...behavior of the Freshmen in Commons is not just bad. Brother, it stinks. Not one of those Fresh-men would think of entering a restaurant and yelling, "Heh, damn it all, where's our waiter?" Or later, "Hey you! Where the hell is our milk?" What kind of gentlemen are these? The waiters are perfectly willing to get anything they, ask for if it is possible, and all they ask for is a little Commons courtesy. Someday some waiter is going to get really good and griped, and bash somebody on the head saying; "Here's where the hell your...
...size of the group determines what he will do. Large banquets are more difficult to work at, and much less effective, because the drinks flow freely and nobody cares much about some inefficient waiter...
Also in Chicago is fat-faced Max Caldwell. From a lowly start as a waiter-bouncer and an unsuccessful organizer of hat-check girls and nightclub entertainers, Mr. Caldwell bounced into the food-store field, where his take in dues and initiation fees was said to be terrific...