The Hotel Manager hails from the year 101,991 A.D. as a member of a more evolved decendant of the modern human race. He enlsaves Austalopithicenes amd Arthur to work in his hotel, servicing time travlers from the future. He treats the ancient homonids very harshly. He also has his bell-bot henchmen kill and cook the ancient animals. He forces his slaves to work fifteen hour days under threat of torture from his robots. After Arthur defends the abused staff, the manager orders him to teach them how to be proper waiters, under threat of death and being served to the guests as food. He does not find this threat to be barbaric or canibalistic because he feels that Arthur is no better than an unevolved animal. The Tick ends up being lead to the hotel by one the bell-bots who he saves from an an