Squibs?

[capehoneysuckle]

No: HPFGUIDX 92490

ladyramkin2000 wrote:
> I've always blithely assumed that the people like the witch who 
> brings round the trolley on the express or the barman in the Leakey 
> Cauldron  are all squibs, since they are plainly part of the WW but 
> are doing rather mundane jobs.  However, someone has suggested to me 
> that they may actually be people who, for some reason or other, have 
> failed their OWLS and have left school without qualifications.Is this 
> possible?  Would they have been chosen in the first place if their 
> magical potential is so weak?  And where does that leave people like 
> Madam Rosmerta, who is strong and capable in her job and doesn't 
> appear to need magic (or does she?)
> Sylvia (who needs to think about something other than The Chat)

The witch with the food cart is specifically referred to as a "witch",
not a woman, squib, or muggle. POA Bloomsbury paperback p.62: "At one
o'clock the plump witch with the food trolley arrived at the
compartment door." And Tom, the Leaky Cauldron barman, is shown doing
magic. In the same book, p. 37: "Tom clicked his fingers, a fire burst
into life in the grate, and he bowed himself out of the room." Neither
of these two are squibs. OWLs may not be necessary for some wizard
jobs. One of the brochures with career advice is called, "Do you have
what it takes to train security trolls?" It could be one of the jobs
that requires only a thick skull.

Honey