DEAR MISS MANNERS —
ae Two friends and ! stopped at
a Howard Johnson’s for
breakfast. The waitress im-
mediately brought menus
and water. After taking our
orders, she immediately

brought a pitcher of coffee
to set on our table.

EEE
miss.
manners

30 - Sunday, September 15, 1985 - North Shore News

What’s proper way
to address waitress?

2. Telling the waitress
“thank you.” He said that is
their job, and you're aot
supposed to thank them,

I say he's wrong on both
counts, although perhaps I
should have called the
waitress ‘miss’? because she
appeared (after closer
scrutiny) to be a younger
woman. Who’s right?

GENTLE READER — Your
friend does not have a
license to give etiquette
lessons. Miss Manners’
union does not admit people
whose intention is to
diminish the amount of po-

chief signs of good manners.

As for count one, his ex-
planation is wrong, although
his information is correct. In
a democracy, we do not ap-
portion respect according to
one's employment.

However, we also should
be able to separate the indi-
vidual from the role. Who
the waitress is, or how old, is
not the point. You address
her as ‘‘waitress,’’ or the less
satisfactory ‘‘miss,’’ and a
male in that role as
“waiter,’’ because you are
dealing with them only in that
function.

Should that person show

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‘ count two, Thanking people would use: the term
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