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Show Wednesday. February 6. The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Six t Letters " " Tf Waitress berates students for poor etiquette Editor: have been a waitress for two years (in a Salt Lake City restaurant that I am not at liberty to name). Last Friday night I served a group of Norwegian U. students, six of them guys and one girl, who sat in my section and had the nerve to leave I a 1 am fed up! I percent tip. I have just one question. Why, if you don't like the service at this restaurant, do you and your friends return every other week and pull the same routine of coming into the restaurant in large numbers, ordering expensive menu items, and after you have digested your meal ask in a snotty and arrogant manner, "what about that 45 minute service?" 1 have a newsflash for you. If you would read the menus, which I doubt you have the intellectual capacity or patience to do, then you would see in fair and legible print that you really should inform your server before you order (that's not after you order) that you expect express service. This policy of express service is for patrons who are in a rush to make the symphony, a play, a concert, or a game and need to eat and run. Even these people have enough brains to order something light instead of steak that something like a well-don- e if takes time to make. Even they order a steak, these people tell me they are rushed so I can rush the ticket. Look, if you want to eat our learn some basic courtesy. 1) Inform the server that you are in a hurry to go somewhere. 2)Bring a calculator. In every nice restaurant in Utah people know that 15 percent of the ticket price is the appropriate amount to tip a server. 3) If you have had bad service, ask to speak to the manager. That's what managers are for. I do not mean to offend other U. students who know how to eat in a restaurant. I have done this for two years and I usually don't have too many problems, but you seven, and you know who you are, are ridiculous jerks! We, the wait staff are getting real good at remembering what you look like, and since we sometimes see you on campus, we want you to know, we don't forget. REMEMBER BACK SCFORE THE " WS fX a W W - ' ' L EVERYWHERE? LJg.. . " I" NOSTALGIA. CRAZE - -- 1991 , u- I - y I THOSE WERE THE DAYS, THOSE. LARRY, VnJELREL Heather Hovde Senior American Express Announces A Great New Travel Program Now students can get the Card and get 3 roundtrips on Continental Airlines, for only $129 or $189 each. There's only one way to cover a lot of territory without spending a lot of money And that's by getting the American Express Card. It's the only card that offers an exciting new travel program for students-includ- ing three roundtrip certificates on exclusively .. i J! ujnimeniai Amines. Just look at the map and pick the place you'd like visit. If it's on your side of the Mississippi River, you to can use a certificate to fly for only $129 roundtrip. Or, you can cross the Mississippi for $189 roundtrip. You have your pick of more than 150 cities in the y- ..- -1 48 contiguous states. And you can fly almost anytime-beca- use . there are no blackout dates. But you must make your reservations within 14 days of the day you leave. And the maximum stay is 7 days6 nights and must include a Saturday night. In addition to this great travel program, you'll also enjoy all the benefits of Cardmembership as well as other exclusive student privileges. They include a quarterly magazine filled with informative articles on summer jobs, careers, campus life. Plus valuable discounts from leading retailers. But remember, there's only one way to get all this-a- nd that's the American Card. by getting Just call us (have your bank Express auuress ana account numoer on hand), what s more, with our special student offer, it's easier to get the Card now while you're still in school than it may ever be again. So get the Card. And get ready to cover new territory on either side of our Great Continental Divide. Membership Has Its Privileges' I TRAVEL RELATED I I SERVICES An Anwnun EprM company CALL 1-8- 00- 942-AME- X Ifyou're already a Cardmember, there's no need to call. Information about your certificates will be arriving soon for Continental Airlines' performance. of this travel offer will arrive with your certificates. Continnnlal Airlines alone is responsible for fulfillment of this offer. American Express assumes no liability Complete terms and conditions CONTINENTAL 1991 American Express Travel Related Services Company. Inc. I |
