tuesdav. September 1, 1981
daily nebraskan
page 9
Group of 213 leaves waitress stained, tipless
My name is T. Marni Vos and I'll be
your columnist and experienced adviser
this afternoon. Nancy, Tim, Chrissy, Moon
doggy, Biff; youll be my readers.
Go WM UOS
If I could be so bold, I'd like to recom
mend some of the specials we're offering
this semester. First, we have the pass-no
pass option, as well as everyone's favor
ite, the incomplete due to the 23rd death
in the family this semester . . . waitressing
'Vow happy is he born and taught that
serveth not another's will" - Watton
Last Friday, as I was leaving my apart
ment building, compassion filled my heart
Moving slowly down the street toward me
was my waitress friend, Beth Marie.
Her head bowed down, her orthopedic
shoes covered with scuff marks, dragged
along the sidewalk. Her white apron was
spotted with shrimp cocktail sauce and
gravy and her brown-blonde ponytail,
which hung over her right shoulder, had
been dipped into the house dressing more
than once.
She carried an arm full of books and a
blue jacket.
"Beth Marie," I lifted her chin to make
eye contact, "Beth Marie, you ol stick of
dynamite, you vivacious ball of fire, you
walking amphetamine, how the heck are
you?
I dropped her chin, for a moment it
bounced from her right shoulder to her
left. She began, "I had a table of 213 and
they didn't leave a tip."
"You're kidding?"
"No. Ninety-seven of them wanted ex-
entertainment notes
For the 27th consecutive
year, a weekly review and
preview of Nebraska foot
ball games will be presented
on Cornhusker Football by
the Nebraska Educational
Television Network.
The series premieres
Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 7
p.m. with a special pre-sea-son
call-in program which
will enable viewers to com
ment or ask questions.
Lincoln sportscaster Don
Gill, now in his third year as
the series host, is joined this
season by John Melton,
Cornhusker linebacker
coach.
Beginning on Monday,
Sept. 7, at 8 pm., NETV
will kick off seven days of
State Fair coverage with the
first of five horse shows.
This year the live horse
show coverage will be inter
spersed with NETV's "High
lights" program - video
taped reports on a variety of
State Fair activities from
livestock competition to ag
ricultural products, arts and
crafts, concessions and the
Midway.
The horse show coverage
will include the Appaloosa
horse show on Monday,
Morgan on Tuesday, Arabi
an on Wednesday, Pinto on
Thursday, and Quarter
Horse on Friday.
Coverage of the 1981 Ne
braska State Fair is a pro
duction of the special pro
jects unit of University of
Nebraska Television, and is
funded in part by the Ne
braska State Fair Board.
The lost but still vivid
world of the Norsemen re
turns for examination when
Vikings! is rebroadcast on
NETV beginning Monday,
Sept. 7, at 7 pjn.
Hosted, written and nar
rated by Icelandic historian
and author, Magnus Magnus
son, the series explores the
character of the early Scan
dinavians. Vikings! demon
strates there was much in
the Norse civilization which
was beautiful, constructive
and heroic, even though his
tory generally has reported
the Vikings as violent bar
barians. The ten-part series ex
plores Viking art and myth
ology through . museum
treasures, Icelandic sagas
and other contemporary re
cords. The popular image of
the Vikings as murderous
marauders is disputed by
the revelations of archaeol
ogy and modern scholarship
which place them in the
realm of early cultures in
the Northern world, visual1
izing the hardy Norsemen as
emotionally and economi
cally driven to worldwide
commerical expansion.
Correction
In a story headlined "Video's popularity blitzing
out pinball-managers," in the Monday, Aug. 31
edition of the Daily Nebraskan, Mark Rupp was in
correctly quoted as saying, "Changing to five balls
for a dollar pinball and giving players an extra game
for their quarter."
The quote should have read, "Changing to five
balls for a quarter and giving players an extra game
for their Susan B. Anthony dollar."
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tra tarter sauce, 23 of them wanted their
food reheated, 34 of them changed their
mind - seven of them changed their mind
twice, 164 of them wanted doggy bags, 1 1
of them spilled their drinks, one lady broke
her plate on my new orthopedic shoes, and
all of them wanted separate checks."
"And they didn't leave a tip?"
"Not a cent. One of 'em left this blue
jacket. I'll sell it to you for five bucks."
"I'll buy it for $3.50."
"Here, it's yours, thanks ... I mean,
$2.10 plus tips. It's not like I'm buying
Calvin Klein underwear, ya know? I have
14 brothers and sisters at home, my father
left 10 months before I was born, tuition
went up (once more with feeling), my wis
dom' teeth are coming in, books are expen
sive and Harris Lab doesn't have any stu
dies unless you have three kazobbas or
you're 40 years old and sterile. I mean it's
like what they say, "Tipping is not a place
in China," ya know?"
"I know Beth Marie. Here, here's 50
cents extra for the jacket."
"Thanks, would you like your jacket
zipped or left open?"
"I'll wear it open thanks."
"Anything else?"
"No, I don't believe so. Thank you."
Beth Marie turned and walked away . . .
a person "born and taught to serveth
another's will . . ." until she saves enough
for those Calvin Kleins.
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