Being a restaurant server is a lot harder than you'd think.Photo by Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Restaurant servers are often the people who can make or break a dining-out ...

I strongly believe working in a restaurant should be a character-building requirement. When chatting with friends who are fellow servers, some joked that the top thing they wished customers would stop ...

Walking into a restaurant might feel like the start of a simple meal, yet for servers, it's the beginning of a complex mental ...

It's actually a professional survival skill developed through years of reading countless customers.Research shows that ...

On an ordinary day, working in a restaurant can be pretty tough: Customers can be demanding or even downright abusive. You don’t have a solid salary or consistent pay. The hours are long and chaotic.

A server has revealed her "hot take" when it comes to tipping culture in restaurants and the argument that employees should be paid a livable wage instead of depending on tips. In a TikTok video, ...

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Chefs get the attention. Menus capture diners’ imagination. But when it comes to the people with whom customers interact, servers play the most important role. Restaurant wait staff has never been ...

SAN ANTONIO -- A local server received a $2,000 tip as an early Christmas gift, but she can’t get a single cent. Her employer said they can’t process a tip bigger than $500. Emily Bauer says she’s ...

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