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LIFESTYLES

Businesses not run to amuse employees

‘DEAR MISS MANNERS _—.

An odd thing happened to
me in a ‘‘nice’’ restaurant
the other evening, and !’m
wondering if ‘it has ever
happened to anyone else.

I was out with another girl, just
having dinner. We were both
Gressed = professionally, having
Entrees were
ahout £14 in this establishment, so’
one would expect a little decorum
for one’s money.

Bul no. Our waiter, a sensible-
looking man in his late 30s, teaxed
us throughout the meal. He was
not being friendly — he was saying
things that might have been funny
from a close friend but were
definitely just plain unnerving
from a stranger.

We were floored when, after our

maip courses arrived, he looked st
mine, the day’s special, and said:
“You know, I’ve been wanting to
try that. Would you mind if J
tasted yours?” . .

I stared, dumbstruck, ‘at him, .

_and sald that { guessed It would be
‘all right. As I looked sround
vaguely for a spoon, he stuck his
’ index finger in the sauce and
_ declared .it. very good. Then he

smiled, told us to enjoy, and walk- .

ed awny.

What was. 1- suppored to do? .
Throughout the meal, he was cor-

dial and reasonably, aitettive to

our needs. I truly believe that if |
had reacted by ‘eaving a small (or
no) tip, he'd bave been confused.
Am I wrong, or was this weird?

GENTLE READER — Miss
Manners is teinpted to say: ‘Why
of course, you're wrong. Restau-
tants, like other modern
businesses, are run {--i-the amuse-
ment of the employees. Extra

_miss_
manners
Judith Martin |

heavy tipping: is expected, in this
case, for the waiter’s having con-
descended to join your conversa-
tion and test your food. In some

places, you might only get a
waiter’s thumb in a $14 dish. and
here you got the whole hand."
However, Miss Manners is
restraining herself, because this
would be wronging too many
dignified, conscientious waiters

-and other workers who are fighting,
‘against exactly this sort of slip-

page. She just wants to make sure
that no perversion of etiquette

makes you believe that you should
tolerate such behavior.

You are correct that the person
in question would have been im-
Pervious to the. mild lithe repri-
mand that you suggested and ap-
parently didn't even have the nerve
to try. No doubt, he would have
called out after you some teasing
remarks ‘about your cheapness,
just to top off your evening.

The way to get across what
ought to have been full-scale»
Oulrage was immediately to sum-
mon the person in charge, and to
make it clear that you were taking
the complaint further (to the
Health Department, for example),
if decisive action were not taken.
Any ‘nice’ restaurant would want
to know about this practice in
order to put an end to it.

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FINAL <°
WEEKEND:

TYAN

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