The requirements were always the same. They had to be rich, old, insecure, vain, superficial, blonde, needy.
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Our meals were small but frequent, for stamina. Two breakfasts, two lunches and a late supper.
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Yes, Monsieur Gustave? Am I to understand you've surreptitiously hired this young man in the position of a Lobby Boy? He's been engaged for a trial period, pending your approval, of course. Uh... Perhaps, yes. Thank you, Mr. Mosher. You're most welcome, Monsieur Gustave.
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Because they all were.
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Were you ever a Lobby Boy, sir? What do you think? Well, I suppose you'd have to start somewhere... Go and light the goddamn candle. Yes, sir.
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Why blonde?
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Monsieur Gustave also delivered a nightly sermon. Rudeness is merely the expression of fear. People fear they won't get what they want. The most dreadful and unattractive person only needs to be loved, and they will open up like a flower. I am reminded of a verse, "The painter's brush touched the inchoate face "by ends of nimble bristles "and with their blush of first color, "rendered her lifeless cheek living." MR. MOUSTAFA: His own dinner, he took alone in his room.
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Junior Lobby Boy in-training, Grand Budapest Hotel, under the strict command of Monsieur Gustave H. I became his pupil, and he was to be my counselor and guardian. GUSTAVE H: What is a Lobby Boy? A Lobby Boy's completely invisible, yet always in sight.
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Very good.
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Experience? Hotel Kinski, Kitchen Boy, six months. Hotel Berlitz, Mop and Broom Boy, three months. Before that I was a Skillet Scrubber... Experience, zero. Thank you again, Monsieur Gustave. Straighten that cap, Anatole. The pleasure's mine, Herr Schneider. The strap's busted. These are not acceptable. I fully agree. Education? I studied reading and spelling. I started my primary school. I almost... Education, zero. Now it's exploded. Good morning, Cicero. Call the goddamn plumber! This afternoon, Monsieur Gustave? Without fail, Frau Liebling. What in hell is this? Not now. Family?
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You're now going to be officially interviewed. Should I go and light the candle first, sir? What? No.
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Zero. Six, Igor.
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Well, who wouldn't, at the Grand Budapest, sir? It's an institution.
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A Lobby Boy remembers what people hate. A Lobby Boy anticipates the client's needs before the needs are needed. A Lobby Boy is, above all, discreet to a fault. Our guests know their deepest secrets, some of which are, frankly, rather unseemly, will go with us to our graves. So keep your mouth shut, Zero. Yes, sir.
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He was, by the way, the most liberally perfumed man I had ever encountered. The scent announced his approach from a great distance and lingered for many minutes after he was gone.