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Miscellaneous
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago8 restaurant ordering habits that waiters say instantly reveal a guest's true financial background - Silicon Canals
Restaurant ordering behaviors reveal and reflect diners' financial backgrounds, showing ingrained budgeting habits and class-based differences in attention to price and choices.
Food & drink
fromTasting Table
2 weeks agoDeli Counter Staff Hate When You Do These 10 Things While Ordering - Tasting Table
Deli counter staff face rude, impatient customers, long queues, repetitive questions, and small weight disputes, so respectful patience and clear communication speed and ease ordering.
Food & drink
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago8 things lower-middle-class people do when dining out that wealthy people find odd but waiters actually appreciate - Silicon Canals
Working-class dining habits like stacking plates and leaving cash tips often ease restaurant staff workloads and show practical respect for service workers.
East Bay real estate
fromThe Mercury News
1 month agoBuilding entrepreneurs and revitalizing East Bay downtown districts
A farm-raised, blue-collar entrepreneur revitalizes downtown districts, prioritizes service industries as recession-proof, and builds businesses across real estate, consulting, and venture capital.
fromBuzzFeed
1 month agoI Gave Up My High-Profile NYC Job And Moved Home To Serve Ramen. It Changed My Life.
"It's $2.13 an hour plus tips. $7 an hour when you're working the bar. Plus, you don't have to fold napkins and silverware. The job's yours, if you want it." I nodded quickly. "Yes, I do," I said, rising from my seat. The woman interviewing me smiled crookedly, told me to wear all black, and said I could start on Tuesday.
Mental health
fromsfist.com
1 month agoGlassdoor Ranks In-N-Out as Best Place to Work in California, Ahead of Nvidia, Google, and Facebook
We had to do a double-double take at Glassdoor's new Best Places to Work 2026 list, as they ranked fast-food chain In-N-Out as a better place to work than the cushy, high-paid confines of Nvidia, Facebook, and Google. If you had your choice between job offers from the Silicon Valley tech giants Nvidia, Google, and Facebook, with their massively lucrative stocks and lavish perks and salaries, or a job offer flipping burgers at a local In-N-Out, which offer would you take?
US news
Social justice
fromwww.amny.com
4 months agoChrissy Teigen and celebrities to join restaurant workers for One Fair Wage's Server for an Hour' dinner in NYC | amNewYork
Chrissy Teigen and other celebrities will serve at a One Fair Wage dinner in NYC to raise awareness and support for living wages for service workers.
fromBuzzFeed
5 months ago25 Customers Who Left Restaurant Workers Wondering If They Just Escaped A Cult
I've worked in just about every role you can have in a restaurant - chosting, serving, bartending. And if you've been in the industry, you know: You meet every kind of guest. The sweet one. The creepy one. The rude one. The cheeky one. And then...there are the ones who make you wonder, How has this person made it this far in life without setting something on fire?
Food & drink
US politics
fromFast Company
6 months agoNo tax on tips and overtime: Full list of 68 jobs eligible for the write-off under Trump's Big Beautiful Bill
The No Tax on Tips provision allows eligible employees to deduct tip and overtime income up to $25,000 and expands certain employer payroll tax credits.
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