Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-10-24
FRENCH WATERS ARE VERY ACUTE.
Traits Which Enable Then Co Size Up
Customers ut q Single Glance.

Traits which Enable Them TO Size Up
Customers ut a Single Glance.
Il suppose the average run Of people
think that n waiter does not know any
thing beyond the knowledge which
leads him to serve the soup before the
entree or the tutti frutti in advance OF
the deni tasse," said an intelligent
French waiter in a downtown restau.
rant the other day.
"lct, MS a matter of fact" he con
tinued, I'VE do notice every little de.
tail about people who seat themselves
at the tables apportioned to us by the
manager of our restaurant. The rea.
son we do SO is because by this practice
of sizing up our guests we can gen
orally tell how it is best for us to 20 TO
work in order to get n fee out Of them,
or to discover that we are likely not to
get any fee mt all.
lyon see, If W come to the latter
conclusion there is no use Of our vast.
ing time on them, as we can put il in
to "A much greater advantage by letting
them wait. willie We hurry the orders
of better paying customers.
I'VE are not afraid of any complaints
which they may make to the head
waiter, because while We give up free
ly TO him we al never get into any
serious difficulty. Besides. he would
only listen to complaints that come
from habitues. and as they always fee
us well they are always well looked
after.
How can we judge people at a
glance! Well. III tell you, sir. You
see in the first place people from the
country ortllose not used to city restau,
rants always enter the room with a
kind of an uncertain air.
Suppose il is n young ma who is
going to buy Il lunch for his girl. II he
Is not used TO the business he looks
doubtful and unhappy. lie does not
know what to do with his hat and hes.
itatcs IN choosing a table, and very
likely will end by putting his hat on
the floor when he takes a seat, and his
girl will invariably take her place be.
side him instead of on the opposite side
of the table. as she should.
Then in studying the menu he is
apt Ia look nj the prices first, and il is
apparent that all the French names IN
the list are 80 much Greek TO him.
| The result is that his order is If a most
incongruous nature. and would make
any but II well trained waiter smile in
spite Of himself. There is no money
for the waiter in people like that.
The city man is different. At a
glance he sees which available table
has the best location, and i~ns,inctiyely
chooses one as far from the kitchen
and as rear "A window as possible. lie
always knows. too. exactly what he
wants. and will often order without
looking at the menu AT all.
Still city mel often make me tired
by insisting on talking French to me.
! have been in this country twenty
years. my wife is nm American and J
speak English perfectly, yet some Of
my customers insist on giving all their
orders Ia French that sometimes makes
my hair fairly curl. Still ! do my best
to understand them. and | always com
pliment Their French. particularly IL
they have a lady with them. In that
way ] am always sure of a good fee.
though sometimes ! have to get them
to point to the place on the menu be,
fore | can make out what dish they
want. New York Herald.