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At Le Monde’s bar, a portly man—apparently a manager of sorts—blowing haute air with two old, midwestern friends who were visiting the city.
They ask him about working so close to Columbia, with the students and all.
Yeah, but we keep it too expensive for the kids. Mostly professors and faculty in here.
They agree: That makes good business sense. Pesky kids. The fat man, gesturing to his guests’ drinks, looks over to the bartender,
Hit them again, sweetheart.
Grateful for the extra dose of white wine, the couple daintily cheers, and then curiously turn back to the previous question. He must take advantage of the cheap, collegiate labor, they reason.
No we don’t hire students. Ever! They are so… entitled. Ya know? Mel’s down the street hires those kids. The service is TERRIBLE! [deep belly laugh] We hire more… of the artist type. Ya know, singers and actors.
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@Anonymous Coumbia’s 28,000 students and 20,000 faculty, employees and staff, will make or break your business. So, I would be nice to Columbia.
@Anonymous Yeah, because Columbia owning the building they’re in is not enough incentive.
@Anonymous And wants wrong with catering to students in a university neighborhood? It only makes smart business sense. A movie theater in the neighborhood would make a fortune.
@To be a college student is to be selfish Have you ever thought maybe Morningside locals are willing to pay for something priced out of the range of Columbia students? Other people live here, too.
@Anonymous and I like Mel’s! Although what is up with them not serving fries with their burgers!
@Anonymous I find their burgers outrageously expensive.
@Layne Norton (PhD) no protein in fries. they’re straight carbs and saturated fats. Burgers at least are nice and loaded with protein and naturally occurring creatine
@Anonymous http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/layne.htm
@well that does it everybody grab yer pitchforks
@lolol at le monde’s being expensive…it’s average for NYC. it’s expensive for what you get. the food, except for the omelettes, is mediocre at best. that’s why students don’t go: because they won’t tolerate expensive bad food (whereas certain…older…members of the community will, just to get away from “the kids”)–here’s to the day when le monde and the other terrible, terrible restaurants in morningside–il cibreo, mel’s, cascabel, havana central, etc., looking at you–shut down.
@Anonymous but I like Cascabel…
@Anonymous students won’t tolerate expensive bad food?? have you SEEN the shit at lerner’s cafes?
@party down hyper link for the epic win. bwog just won millions of points in my book.
@Anonymous well, fuck le monde’s bar .
@Anonymous What was the point of this post?
@I graduated and moved away. Why do I still check Bwog?
@Alex because you had a great time as an undergrad?
@Anonymous why does bwog feel the need to insulate itself from the public? Give bwog readers the ability to vote on your comments.
@Anonymous Hahahaha…. nope.
@Anonymous Because Bwog is the shit
@Taking the easy layup Remove “the”, and you’d be correct.
@CC'2011 You’re hoping the nostalgia will kick in any time now and make up for it.
@Anonymous very VERY true, except for the members of the Columbia Bartending Agency. Those kids know how to serve graciously and demurely. When serving bacon-wrapped scallops at a snobby Upper East Side private party, I like to repeat Brad Pitt’s advice to Matt Damon in Ocean’s Eleven over and over in my head; “Be specific, but not memorable. Be funny, but don’t make him laugh. He’s got to like you, then forget you once you leave.”