02-07-2012, 11:07 AM
First: 70 is the new 30, and don't anyone forget it!
The long lines were not a problem for me, I think because the whole thing is spoken, and thus resembles a piece of mini-theatre as much as a poem. August Strindberg could have made a play of it. For me, there was one touching phrase, about having another coffee 'If you do, I do'.
I can think of three different hotels with this level of service, all with glass frontages, looking onto the see. I think at waiter-school there must be special lessons devoted to somehow at the last minute turning away when someone wants something. I always think of it as a very British thing, the idea that waiting on someone is servile, and who do they think they are?
The long lines were not a problem for me, I think because the whole thing is spoken, and thus resembles a piece of mini-theatre as much as a poem. August Strindberg could have made a play of it. For me, there was one touching phrase, about having another coffee 'If you do, I do'.
I can think of three different hotels with this level of service, all with glass frontages, looking onto the see. I think at waiter-school there must be special lessons devoted to somehow at the last minute turning away when someone wants something. I always think of it as a very British thing, the idea that waiting on someone is servile, and who do they think they are?