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Lou decruss

On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:37:54 -0800, wrote:

>On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:01:59 -0600, Lou Decruss
> wrote:

>>> A restaurant chain called "White Spot" in British Columbia Canada
>>>still has a few locations offering carhop service though the huge
>>>majority of their outlets offer dine-in only. I worked for this
>>>outfit as a carhop weekends and summers all through high school- a
>>>great place to work in those days (1960's). Pay was pretty close to
>>>minimum wage but with diligent and attentive customer service tips
>>>would usually double the hourly rate. Managers were invariably nice
>>>guys, most of the staff were young and upbeat. I had a lot of fun
>>>working there, made some friendships that endure to this day.
>>
>>Nice story Jimmy. It's not often you hear of someone having fun at
>>work. But Greg will want to know if you wore a short skirt!
>>
>>Lou
>
>
> Nah, we carhops were all males,

The ladies need eye candy too!

> they wouldn't even let us wear
>short pants in the summer let alone skirts. The carhop uniform pants
>were made of some kind of dense, hard-wearing material. Great
>insulation in the winter, like a Turkish bath in the summer.

Probably like Dickies shop pants. Not very comfortable but they wear
like iron.

Lou