Parisian waiters need to be treated with delicacy. We love them really, even if they can behave like Sir Alex Ferguson after a wrong penalty decision. And like Sir Alex, they know their business. If they ask you "are you ready to order?" and you say "oui" and then hesitate, you are clearly an idiot and deserve to be ignored for the next 15 minutes. And if there’s two of you and you dare to sit at a table for four, you obviously can’t count. The waiter’s wrath or indifference is entirely justified. But let’s face it, if you come home from Paris without your "ohmygod the waiter was so horrible" story, you feel cruelly cheated.
An on-going, almost daily, commentary on our travel experiences, tips and thoughts as we arrive and live in countries and places most people can only dream of. Given time, we also like to take an off-beat look at what's been making the news back in the UK or locally and so we end up taking the piss... a lot.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Unknown Paris- Part 5
Parisian waiters need to be treated with delicacy. We love them really, even if they can behave like Sir Alex Ferguson after a wrong penalty decision. And like Sir Alex, they know their business. If they ask you "are you ready to order?" and you say "oui" and then hesitate, you are clearly an idiot and deserve to be ignored for the next 15 minutes. And if there’s two of you and you dare to sit at a table for four, you obviously can’t count. The waiter’s wrath or indifference is entirely justified. But let’s face it, if you come home from Paris without your "ohmygod the waiter was so horrible" story, you feel cruelly cheated.
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