“Service”
That peace-time service among some hotels in the province is not a great improvement on war-time service was impressed on an Aucklander making his first trip into the country for some lime. At one licensed hotel on the Hauraki Plains he was placed for luncheon at a table at which sat the only other occupant of the diningroom, an elderly woman. He consumed his soup, chatted to his companion, and then ordered cold corned beef. The waitress replied: “Will you please move over to that table over there (pointing to a remote corner of the room). That’s where the lettuce and beetroot arc.” lamblike, the guest complied.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22197, 6 December 1946, Page 6
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108“Service” Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22197, 6 December 1946, Page 6
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