>I believe the reason one waitress would sell every last Paris-Brest and the other would sell every last Napoleon was because they told the guests in the restaurant what they wanted to eat for desert. They made the decision for the guests.

This wouldn't surprise me at all, honestly. I've rarely gone to fancy restaraunts, but when I have, I generally explain to the wait staff what kind of thing I prefer, and then ask them for their advice and just trust it 100%. The way I see it, if they are competent enough to work at a high-end restaraunt, they know what to bring out to get a nice tip.

Side-note: I'm currently watching through the HBO Show "Succession". If you've seen it, (without revealing any personal details) any insight on whether or not the ultra-rich are in anyway similar to how they are portrayed on shows like that? I tend to think that there are probably a mix of good and bad out there, just like any other economic "class" of people, I've just never interacted with people who own literal mega-yachts before, so it's all assumption on my part. I'll also understand if you choose not to say. I'm just trying to get a general feel of what people in that economic group are like in-person. Are they difficult to deal with? Backstab-y? Petty and childish? Genuinely nice and pleasant to be around? Or just kind of chill, but very business minded and self-motivated?