The Wisdom of Waitresses

The world weary line up and think she’s actually interested in what they have to say to her …

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera

Next please ...“Tamina serves the customers their coffee and Calvados (there are never very many of them; the cafe is invariably half empty) and then goes back to her place behind the bar. There is almost always someone sitting on a bar stool wanting to talk to her. They all like her. She is a good listener.”