Waiting Tables

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This was an anonymous contribution ...

 

Between her sophomore and junior years at college, my daughter Laurie waited tables at a rather seedy steak house. One evening she waited on a well-dressed young couple.

In a rather condescending tone, the man asked her,

"Have you ever thought of going to college?"

"Actually, I do go to college," Laurie replied.

"Well, I went to Harvard," he said, surveying the restaurant, "and I'd NEVER work in a place like this."

"I go to Vassar," Laurie retorted, "and I'd never eat in a place like this ..."