It was a hot night, so we decided to eat outside. The maître d’ showed us to a small table for two on the terrace, handed us menus and signalled to a waiter to see to our table. The young waiter, who seemed to be new to the job, brought glasses and a basket of bread rolls to the table. When the maître d’ came to take our wine order, inexplicably he took the basket with him when he left. The waiter then returned with water, noticed that the basket had gone, retrieved it from the waiters’ station and put it back on the table. The maître d’ then returned with our chosen bottle of wine, opened it, poured it and took our meal order. As before, he lifted the basket when he left and placed it on the waiters’ station. The waiter then returned with our cutlery and once again, looking bewildered, retrieved the basket for us. Both the maître d’ and the waiter then returned with our meals. The former took the basket with him when he left. We didn’t have bread rolls with our meal that night.
At the Café de Paris, Via Veneto, Rome (the inspiration behind Federico Fellini's classic film La Dolce Vita):
It was a hot night, so we decided to eat outside. The maître d’ showed us to a small table for two on the terrace, handed us menus and signalled to a waiter to see to our table. The young waiter, who seemed to be new to the job, brought glasses and a basket of bread rolls to the table. When the maître d’ came to take our wine order, inexplicably he took the basket with him when he left. The waiter then returned with water, noticed that the basket had gone, retrieved it from the waiters’ station and put it back on the table. The maître d’ then returned with our chosen bottle of wine, opened it, poured it and took our meal order. As before, he lifted the basket when he left and placed it on the waiters’ station. The waiter then returned with our cutlery and once again, looking bewildered, retrieved the basket for us. Both the maître d’ and the waiter then returned with our meals. The former took the basket with him when he left. We didn’t have bread rolls with our meal that night.
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