Unnamed Memphis Waitress
Character Key Number:
2355
Display Name:
Unnamed Memphis Waitress
Sort Name:
Unnamed Memphis Waitress
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
The waitress at the counter in the Memphis station tells Boon "he couldn't drink [whiskey] there" (188). When this episode recurs in Go Down, Moses, the waitress is replaced by a "negro waiter," and it's a woman "manager" who speaks the line originally given to the waitress (222).