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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1973)
Lack of good service afflicts food customers Whatever happend to good service in the American restaurant? Did it die, a victim of apathy omonrj the customers? Did it fall prey to the general rise of operating costs in the restaurant industry? Or, did it ever really exist? Foreign visitors to the United itates have continually berated and bewailed the utter lack of good, efficient service in the American restaurant. They have complained about almost every facet of dining out in America, horn the filth on the tablecloths to the chilly condition of the food when the plate finally reaches the table. Such respected public figures as Charles Dickens have in the past written acerbic comments on the state of American dining, the conclusion of one being that he would not condemn his own mother-in-law to continually eat in American restaurants, saddled with American service. It is a conclusion that I am wholeheartedly in agreement with. Why must we never be able to expect fine sfivice as a general rule, rather than the exception? I think that pau of the problem lies in the American attitude toward v..m v c. The idea that serving another man is diiiii.Mniug, undignified, and to be avoided like the plague is one founded in the early days of the nation, embellished in the ensuing years by traditions of independence, and cemented by time into place, to forever taint the simple pleas. ne of eating out. dovid wore omelet The unswept table, the cold plate, the slightly obtrusive elbow of the server, these are all visible manifestations of the server's feeling that he or she is serving beneath her station, hopefully not for long. Sometimes, this dream comes true, but more often the period of service stretches out, and many more cusiomeis are subjected to sub-standard service, resulting in spoiled dinners. The other part of the problem is one of lack ol tunning. Given the attitude that service is a repugnant occupation, one to be evaded and escaped at the first oppoi trinity, why should one actually go to school to learn what is ,it best a temporary trade? This attitude prevails, and Ameiican dining suffers as a result. Is there a remedy for this problem, this distasteful condition, railed against yet accepted by American tlincis? I believe there is, and this shall be the subject of my next column. The 4-DoHar, 5-iilmuie, UfftoIe-EciftEi, ftudyperon7 Computerised Dream: An Individually Tailored Research Source List. '.Via " ,i imjum? Thesis' Cut out ' nil' ,i , I I iliqcjuii) in inilcxi's to 'illll .hrle K) hl'ljlll. Wl! hilV! OH rumpii'.'! hf .iiithnis ;nui Mies of 3!0.00(J .'''i i.-. publishrel m 5-18 history, poll set ,iikI sociology it. .hi .ii ..in . 1834 Si'iuJ tot f i '( i S't .i1 is i.i i ,i 1 1 us f i cm w.th jn o'.-ii" b , 'i i $! 'hi '?b a.itioiis, liy ,n.l.;, S'i plus C 0 P. post.iijr ' ' I ' 1 1 1 1 ' U-us Co- P lit 800 854-3379 Call Toll Free. Aii'just I i ; , Nil us Corporation 1'ijjh 'k'tjils oi r i.'lei t'lii.o service. ' Nf.-iT(P!e,v... Print) oTi i l r i i ) i j i i . s s s r v j 7"j; . 3001 Rcit Hill Ave., Dept. A 144 t',il.. 3. Co'.t.J Mesa, Cj. 92626 y e0aaGS4GCM Ay X a . ... a i i . HUMAN POTENTIALS SERIES Thursday, Sc Member 20 ANDREW WlilL, MAX IlilllW, lllslilllll- llf ( llllllll Wllllll All. Ills I (IIIMM iunl Hi I S ii . Smith Aiiutk'.i .1 Mt I Afric.i lu nlli.i l iiili ii in. n mil mi iiiu.il nso iif drug's ,inl alurcd si.ili's ol roust ii nisiii ss. AiiiIhh nl v ,ilin,il MmJ A n II, n " hxikiiifi til i .(. v ;ev ( Address: tin n inltxih in- - "GETTING HIGH" Rap Session 8:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Union Abel Hall Lounge Sponsored In Nchr.isk.i Union I .ilks t- Topics Commiitir Ittoootcoafteo9itff8 9 o Wednesday, September 19, 1973 l;uly nohraskun PLAZA THEATRES 12th & P STS. 477-1234 I plaza! rPLAZAin.ll,OT..r jj33 DailV at 1, 3, 5, 7, & 9 PM. I g J Shows at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, & 9:30 j v .$BBSi jPLAZArr"'"- nHiSTARTS FRIDAY 1 II He calls himself JESUS CHRIST if.: 1 And he preaches perversion, f.'jP sexual license and Murder f j i a:juxi xi.' - lxii j i . will hear a,,u"""" y ,t , but you vH w s worfc fW1StoW.nin - . ArAtlf MY K0MIHK COl OR by Monel.ib . 'i I. r ,u , SI 1 fj Daivat M ESsf'll 1:30. 3:25, 5:25, 7:20, & 9:15 PM ft THE MOST READ BOOK ONfl CAMPUS IS NOW ON SCREEN! THE EXPERIMEIMT .f y . ' Harrad College... whore free, liberated relations between V:o ' coed students are encouraged! Jf--'?'; ' A if 4 i f If J ( (jK.iP "'Ti frill' parjl ') ill ,4 "WW