warewolf
30th January 2011, 13:58
Currently reading a travel book, written by an American traveling to Europe. Here's a passage that caught my eye, in light of this discussion about service:
We are getting used to tidy, noiseless waiters, who glide hither and thither, and hover about your back and your elbows like butterflies, quick to comprehend orders, quick to fill them; thankful for a gratuity without regard to the amount; and always polite--never otherwise than polite. That is the strangest curiosity yet--a really polite hotel waiter who isn't an idiot.So, who wrote that, and when?
Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, first published 1869.
Seems there are some things the New Worlds are slow to learn! :lol:
We are getting used to tidy, noiseless waiters, who glide hither and thither, and hover about your back and your elbows like butterflies, quick to comprehend orders, quick to fill them; thankful for a gratuity without regard to the amount; and always polite--never otherwise than polite. That is the strangest curiosity yet--a really polite hotel waiter who isn't an idiot.So, who wrote that, and when?
Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, first published 1869.
Seems there are some things the New Worlds are slow to learn! :lol: