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Sartre and the Waiter

Carl Murray sees things from an Other point of view.

Scene – Café – Les Deux Magots, Paris, circa 1948.

A waiter is busy getting the café ready for opening. He has swept the floor, filled up the coffee-machine, and put out the ashtrays. As he goes to open the door he thinks to himself, ‘We’ve had that Monsieur Sartre in here the last few days. I wonder if he’ll be in here again today? Funny chap actually.

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