I wanted to say how pleased I was by the recent PBS airing of The Parking Lot Movie. I worked in and around the Corner as an undergraduate almost forty years ago. The challenge of boorish customers seems to be just about the same. I waited and bussed tables in a number of restaurants. If a student left a tip, it was often at the bottom of his drink or tucked into the remains of his dinner. But, as the film makes so pleasingly clear, we enjoyed our revenge.
Chris Kerr\nCLAS '73
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