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NEWS ABOUT: waitress

waitress stories: 8 news summaries

Pub's Bad Service Leads
to Arrest—of Irate Patrons

No skipping gratuity, restaurant says

Nov 20, 09 11:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Turns out that mandatory 18% gratuity for large parties at restaurants is mandatory enough that skipping it can get you arrested. A Philadelphia-area couple who found service at a pub was so scarce they essentially waited on themselves and their six friends ended up in cuffs when they refused to... More »

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theft • servers • restaurant • arrest • tipping • waitress • food services • gratuity • Bethlehem, Pa.

 100 No-Nos Insulting to Waiters 

Former waiter irked by Bruce Buschel's New York Times list

Nov 11, 09 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Along with the rest of the world—or at least, frequenters of the New York Times website—Lauren Bans read restaurateur Bruce Buschel’s recent “100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do.” And the former waiter is pretty annoyed. “No minimum wage job should ever require a... More »

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servers • restaurant • dining • etiquette • restaurateurs • employees • restaurant industry • waitress • waiter • Jay-ZTV • rules

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 The Biggest Restaurant No-Nos 

Owner lays down the law with these rules for staff

Oct 29, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The seafood restaurant Bruce Buschel is building will have excellent service—or else. Some staff members, he acknowledges, "will no doubt protest some or most of what follows," but he's the boss, and he presents 50 rules in his New York Times blog. A tasting menu:
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servers • restaurant • seafood • dining • restaurant industry • waitress • waiter

(Newser) - Just a year ago, 25% of the country's highest-grossing restaurants were in Las Vegas—where diners ran up $15,000 checks and tipped waiters with wads of C-notes. But now restaurants are closing, new construction languishes half-finished, and more than 5,000 food industry workers have lost their jobs. "... More »

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Las Vegas • restaurant • recession • CityCenter • restaurant industry • waitress • waiter

(Newser) - The fire that destroyed a controversial topless coffee shop in Maine late last night was arson, the Kennebec Journal reports. The police are seeking witnesses “who might have seen vehicles parked in that general area around 1am Wednesday morning or anyone walking along the roadway.” Seven people escaped... More »

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crime • Maine • arson • topless • coffee shop • waitress • Grand View Topless Coffee Shop

Rodman Fined $225K for Inappropriate Touching

2006 butt slap incident did not stay in Vegas

Apr 28, 09 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dennis Rodman must fork over a six-figure fine to a Las Vegas waitress he touched inappropriately in a 2006 incident, TMZ reports. The 28-year-old “beverage manager” said the former basketball star was incredibly intoxicated when he slapped her rear and tried to force her to dance with him. The... More »

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Las Vegas • lawsuit • federal judges • Dennis Rodman • fine • waitress • drunkenness • inappropriate touching

Slowdown Scraps
Busboy Jobs

Dishes pile up as servers are forced
to do double duty

Jan 27, 09 2:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Plates are piling up on restaurant tables across America as full-service eateries seek to save cash by axing busboys, reports the Wall Street Journal. Servers take food orders, then scramble to clear tables, fill bread baskets, scrape plates and perform all the other tasks once done by bussers. The change... More »

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restaurant • service industry • restaurant industry • waitress • waiter

 Hooters Boots 
 Battered Waitress 
 Over Bruises 

Injuries violated restaurant's 'all-American cheerleader look'

Jan 6, 09 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - An Iowa judge has awarded unemployment benefits to an assaulted Hooters waitress who says she was fired because her bruised "body wasn't up to par." Managers testified that the black eye and facial bruising Sara Dye suffered in a domestic violence dispute violated the company-mandated "glamorous appearance"... More »

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Iowa • domestic violence • Hooters • unemployment benefits • restaurant industry • waitress

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