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Show A WAITER'S RECEr'Ti V'E uRAIN Used to Quick Orders, He Becomes an Automaton. "I believe that there is no work in the world that makes such wac'clnes of men as does the business of waiting in some of these 'quick lunch eating places,' " said the business man. "The brain3 of the waiters seem to work like phonographs. What they hear in the way of orders .given them is seemingly seem-ingly registered and reproduced without with-out annareT't. mental activity or realization of exactly what the ordei means. The other morning, for instance, in-stance, I overheard this dialogue and monologue in one of these restaurants Two men seated at the same tabk gave their orders to the same waiter " 'Bring me a couple of soft-boiled eggs and a cup of coffee,' said the first man. " 'Same thing for me, waiter,' said the second, adding in a jocular way, 'but be sure the eggs are fresh.' " 'All right,' was the reply. "And a moment later hi3 voice came from the back of the restaurant: 'Soft-. 'Soft-. boiled for two an' have two of 'em fresh!'" |