EXCELLENCE / MEDIOCRITY
A resident in a seaside-hotel breakfast room called over the headwaiter one morning and said, “I want two boiled eggs, one of them so undercooked it’s runny, and the other so overcooked, it’s about as easy to eat as rubber; also grilled bacon that has been left on the plate to get cold; burnt toast that crumbles away as soon as you touch it with a knife; butter straight from the deep-freeze so that it’s impossible to spread; and a pot of very weak coffee, lukewarm.” That’s a complicated order, sir” said the bewildered waiter. “It might be a bit difficult.” The guest replied, “Oh, but that’s exactly what you gave me yesterday!” Bits and Pieces
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