Waiter Rule
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The Waiter Rule refers to a common belief that ones true character can be gleaned from how one treats staff or service workers, such as a "waiter
". The rule was one of William H Swanson's 33 Unwritten Rules of Management, copied from Dave Barry
's version "If someone is nice to you but rude to the waiter, they are not a nice person."
Waiter
Waiting staff, wait staff, or waitstaff are those who work at a restaurant or a bar attending customers — supplying them with food and drink as requested. Traditionally, a male waiting tables is called a "waiter" and a female a "waitress" with the gender-neutral version being a "server"...
". The rule was one of William H Swanson's 33 Unwritten Rules of Management, copied from Dave Barry
Dave Barry
David "Dave" Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for The Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comedic novels.-Biography:Barry was born in Armonk, New York,...
's version "If someone is nice to you but rude to the waiter, they are not a nice person."