so often he does something like this.

First, what Libyans? The Libyans in the West, centered on Tripoli, who seem politically and tribally loyal to the extant regime, or the Libyans in the East, centered on Benghazi, whose own "leadership," as it has so far coalesced into something only marginally less objectionable than Qaddafi's government--indeed, has coalesced around former figures from Qaddafi's government? Even a cursory examination of the news reveals the paucity of the pro-intervention line, which would have a dictatorial government on one side and a benighted people on the other, the latter begging for our assistance. Well, no, in reality, there is an existing government on one side and a rival power on the other, and the "intervention", whatever supposed humanitarian garb it wears, is alliancewith the waiter's gracious one, though I could be wrong. But let's suppose that the host did grimace involuntarily when the couple came in at closing time. Maybe the host had a partner or child at home who needed his presence and attention, and it bothered him to realize that he was going to be delayed even more. Maybe he was a graduate student with an overdue dissertation chapter waiting for him. Maybe he'd just been on his feet for twelve hours. Or maybe he was just a mean old grinch; if so, he mastered himself enough to seat the last-minute stragglers.

See, I work in the food / hospitality industry. Where I work, we do try to be gracious to the lateniks, who also have classes and other