I was at a French restaurant in Boston a couple years back, with a very full-of-himself waiter. At the table also were the majority of the Boston University French literature faculty, plus some of their colleagues from Harvard. One senior professor ordered and had her pronunciation "corrected" with a sneer by the waiter. Once he'd left the table, we all died laughing. We also left him a rotten tip (this wasn't his only faux pas) and a brief note... in French. |