Tone and Style: "A Clean Well Lighted Place"

as far as style I have not read enough hemingway to say if this is typical of his style or not. The tone for me was set with lines
"Last week he tried to committ suicide," one waiter said.
"Why?"
"He was in despair."
"What about?"
"Nothing"
"How do you know it was nothing?"
"He has plenty of money." Hemingway (1933) This tells me along with the date of the story that at the height of the depression the rich got very little sympathy from the working class. The other side of it, and in my opinion why this is a great story is that simultaneously Hemingway is giving us true insight to who he was and what he had done in reflecting accuratly the attitudes of restrauntours, and bar keeps at closing time. I have been both, and I'll tell you the easiest way to cut someone off at closing is to demonize them first. People who have not worked in situations like this would not know it, but as many of you read this, if you have worked in a "Clean Well Lighted Place" then you know what I mean.