| Show I Diary of i Nervy Ethel Monday Ive got a swell Job and Ito I-to hope Ill he nbio to bang on to It Hut Iyo gotten so used to changing bonses every week Hint I suppose a pinto would sour on me If I stayed at the same stand a month This is tho liveliest stunt Ive struck yet and If little Ethel knows a thing or two shell cop n few Good times out of thIs Job Ive been n dead one for a longtime long-time and I think Ill have some fun with name of those guys that tried to flirt with me todny I always have envied n cashier In n restaurant She has such u good chance to meet fellows fel-lows and Jolly them a hIt and yot the little cage all around her keeps them at a distance and acts an a reminder that shes some pumpkins But somehow some-how since Ive been stuck on Mr Clark I dont vike the same Interest In other men but as long as we aint keeping regular company maybe Id better get J my mind off of him Tho fellow that hired me this morning acted awful nice He must bo the manager Ive had a pretty hard day and Im ready to pound tho pillow till Gabriel blows his trumpet Tuesday This thing of handling money all day Is fine business I At tho time Im raking In the shekels I almost It Isnt all mine and feel forget as r I disgusted with a measly 10ccnt check as if it was my funeral And when cheap skates come In and order a ham sandwich or a piece of pie and wash It down with a glass of water and I have to make change for a Jivecent ticket I can hardly keep from saying things If theres n place on earth to see the stinginess of people especially women Its a restaurant Girls that I know got pretty good wages and who will spend their last cent for a string of beads begrudge themselves a bite to eat and would often sneak out of paying pay-Ing for that If there wasnt some ono to watch thorn Wednesday courso a row This time it wasnt with tho boss but with Mr Clark I sent him a postal the other oth-er day telling him whero I was working work-ing so he came around today It was past tho rush hour and the manager and two or three fellows were standing around Joshing ma and I was having a pretty gay time All of a sudden I looked up and saw Mr Clark glaring at us like a thunder cloud Ho asked if ho could speak to me and tho others Wont away Maybe he didnt rip mo up tho buck And I dont see what right he has either Ho simply went up In the air and called mo a flirt and said these man were Just stringing me and I dont know what all I let him talk because I thought a good Jealous bout would be tho quickest way to bring things to a head between us lIe wont off In n huff and I dont know when Ill see him again Im as blue as aU get out Thursday Gee Its almost like hearing a new language talked to hear tho lingo that these waiters use Its worse than gibberish or dog latin any day because you have to guess what it all means A couple of waiters were standing near my desk this morning when n man who looked kind I of on his uppers sat down at a nearby table Ono of tho waiters started to walk away and tho other fellow told him to get busy Not on your life called tho waiter none o your sinkers famine mine Im wnltln for a tbono customer cus-tomer I asked tho manager what that meant and he told me that sinkers sink-ers stood for doughnuts and the fellow fel-low was waiting for a swell who would ardor a sirloin steak and throw In a tip Then ho turned to the waiter who had not gone out and yelled Hurry up with that setup and the fellow hustled n glass of water and napkin In front of tho customer and took his order As ho passed the coffee urn ha called out Draw one Friday Im all In tonight What with tho hullabaloo of howling waiters and the racket of clattering dishes a mixup with dead beats who try to skip out without paying their checks learning learn-ing a new language and another scrap with Charley Im about ready to take up the simple life Wo wero awful busy this noon and ns one of the waiters wait-ers passed mo ho said Tell that guy to cut 7t apple I hadnt any moro idea what ho meant than a rabbit so I let It go When ho came back I asked him and he growled Aw dont you know a piece of apple pie when you hear It I took a fall out of him mighty quick and told him that I saw a man get up from a table and walk quickly past tho desk I called after him Your check please but he made out ho didnt hear me and hurried hur-ried on But ho fell up against tho manager who had noticed the whole business and after a few words came back sheepishly and dug up 35 cents To cap tho climax who should bo sitting at ix table tho other side of mo but Charley Clark who had heard the waiter talk impudent to mo and had seen the row with the customer When I he came up to the window he was as mad as a hornet and said ho wanted mo out of this place Saturday Well its up to mo to look for a another Job I wish now that I had quit as Charley asked me to instead in-stead of being tired And I dont know i why Im out unless Its because Ive turned tho manager down a few times Ho got very bossy once or twlro and I wouldnt stand for It so I guess holl put somebody in that ho can walk over I sometimes wIsh I didnt have quite so much spunk Its theso mealy mouthed girls that hang on to tholr Jobs When I get sore I give It to them right oU the bat and the next thing I jtnow Im out But Im still game Chicago < Chronicle |
