126146 Mon Jul 08 22:40:50 -0700 2002 4 9 New Orleans 0 684609 I loved this article about a veteran waiter at Galatoire who was fired over sexual harassment allegations and the heavy-weight regulars are trying to get him retired. I thought this would be an only-in-New York story, but, hey, it's in Nola.... Link: http://www.nola.com/living/t-p/index.ssf?/livingstory/galatoire_07.html Mon Jul 08 22:40:50 -0700 2002 0 Xavier 1 684612 Thanks for the article. I grew up eating regularly at Galitore's with my parents in the 50's and 60's. We had a wonderful relationship with our waiter, Lee McDaniels. Often ran into him at Wise Cafeteria on Monday's when Galitoire's was closed. It's hard for me to imagine a changed Galitoire's, so lately when I've been in town from CA, I haven't gone in. Maybe next time. Wed Jul 10 04:16:23 -0700 2002 684609 0 Robert LaCour Greenberg 1 684613 I am happy to report that not all New Orleanians are fools. Almost all the reaction I've heard, including discussions and letters to the editor of the T-P, has been supportive of Galatoire's decision to enforce its sexual harassment policy, and that the customers who wrote letters supporting the waiter are exposing themselves as backward-thinking boors. Wed Jul 10 09:26:57 -0700 2002 684609 0 Sarah C 2 684614 Being a transplant to New Orleans, I guess I don't truly understand the Galatoire's food culture. I found it quite disturbing that you had "prominent" people (lawyers, MD's, Ph.D.'s and even a Pulitzer Prize winner) stand up for Gilberto in spite of the cause for his dismissal. Now seeing the reaction of the average folk, I have faith in the people of New Orleans. All of this illustrates that the more education you have, the less common sense you have. Those pompous fools. Wed Jul 10 10:49:26 -0700 2002 684613 0 Vinegar Joe 3 684630 Now, just wait a minute please. We pompous fools need love, too. And it is our preference to be referred to as aristocratic and genteel, rather than pompous. You appear to be a most insensitive and vulgar person to speak so vilely. Tue Jul 16 05:51:13 -0700 2002 684614 0 Abner