In recent years, the underbelly of the serving industry has come out of the shadows to become a permanent part of pop culture. With books like Waiter Rant by Steve Dublanica landing on The Oprah Show and movies like The Slammin Salmon on regular rotation on Comedy Central, it’s increasingly difficult for the server...
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I’ve written 78 posts for Frothygirlz about the restaurant business. For the first seven of those columns, I was actually still working in the restaurant business. It wasn’t the ratio I was hoping for, but hey, nobody ever accused me of being afraid to beat a dead horse. But lately I can’t even find the horse’s corpse,...
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The next time you walk past a pharmacy or clinic offering a walk-in flu shot, I have two words of advice for you – DO IT! Well, I mean, only if you plan on eating in a restaurant between now and February. Here’s the deal people. Most restaurant workers have no incentive, short of...
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I’ve been learnin’ ya’ll on the proper tipping percentage for more than a year now. When you receive a total for services received – be that from a cabbie, hairdresser or server – you should tip 20 percent on that total for competent service. It tends to get a little dicier when there is...
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For the second time in three weeks, I’ve been summoned to the school for a parent/teacher conference regarding my oldest son. The good son. The easy son. The son who thanks me for putting on his seat belt. The son who sits quietly at a restaurant table for hours. The son who only...
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I’m a simple girl, really. I only have a two modest goals. One is to become filthy rich. And the other is to accomplish this by writing a best-selling book. Several well-meaning friends and family members have told me on numerous occasions that I should write a book. But that’s what people are supposed...
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How do pretty girls get away with such blatant bullshit? Gia, the mastermind of last week’s plan to unify the “outsiders” and vote off an “insider,” was also solely responsible for the plan’s demise when she failed to give a rose to Craig as promised. So when this week’s show opens with Gia bitching...
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Week 2 for ABC’s Bachelor’s Pad opened the episode with a very important lesson — the gag reflex has more than one use. I know what you’re thinking … like, what could it be? God, you are so single minded. But apparently, you can also save yourself from death by pie poisoning with this...
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Whether picking it up because of the golden “O”prah seal while browsing the best sellers shelf or finally succumbing to a friend’s relentless insistence that this book be read, most women began Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir Eat Pray Love without the expectation of a life-changing experience. Because, really, didn’t we all doubt Oprah after that...
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When I heard the story this morning about a Jet Blue flight attendant freaking the F out and quitting in the most deliciously dramatic way after being mistreated by a passenger for the last time, I knew I would need to pay homage to this man in a big way. This guy did what...
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