在这部The Waiter Who Waited喜剧/短片片中,
Oscar Piffle, a waiter in a \"beanery,\" loses his job after an argument with Mr. Porpus, a customer. Oscar takes to the park to forget his sorrows, and while sitting on a bench picks up a paper, and sees that the Swelldorf Hotel is in need of a first class waiter. He runs all the way to the hotel, and is just in time to secure the job. He does not make a hit with Mr. Fish, a fellow-waiter, and they indulge in many scraps, Oscar always coming out best. While out for his daily exercise one day, saves Gertie, the village belle, from being robbed, and introduces himself as a pure food expert, and tells her that he is stopping at the Swelldorf. Gertie invites him to call, which he does, only to find Mr. Porpus there. Both recognize each other, and Porpus starts to denounce Oscar. Gertie refuses to listen and they ignore him altogether. After Oscar leaves, Porpus continues to tell about him, but Gertie shows him his card and tells him that he is stopping at the Swelldorf. Porpus gets an idea and invites her to go to the Swelldorf for supper. When they are seated at the table, Oscar comes in to wait on them. Gertie is shocked, and turns her back on him. Oscar subtly takes the wallet of Porpus from his pocket, and then tells the head waiter that he is a crook, and never pays his bills. The head waiter presents his bill, and Porpus discovers his loss. The head waiter thinks it is a put up job, and he is kicked out of the hotel, but secures two revolvers, and comes back for revenge. The whole hotel is put in a riot by the shooting, and Mrs. Piffle also arrives with a gun. Finally Porpus runs out of bullets, and is subdued, but Mrs. Piffle arises, and pointing her revolver at Oscar's head, leads him away. Gertie is thunderstruck, and faints in Fish's arms.
