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...customers walk in, waiters are discussing who's going to take their table. Sometimes there's a little profiling going on. Like, "They're from England or France. We don't want to wait on them because they don't know how to tip." One waiter I know flat out refused to wait on women. He wouldn't do it. He felt they were cheap tippers. And there's a reality that women usually eat less than men, so their checks are smaller and the tips can be smaller. But he was misogynistic. He wouldn't wait on kids either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confessions of an Angry Waiter | 8/11/2008 | See Source »

School children across England will soon have their Body Mass Index (BMI) tested as part of a new effort to tackle the growing problem of childhood obesity. Parents will be sent a letter telling them whether their child is underweight, a healthy weight, overweight or very overweight. The letter will also include leaflets giving advice on eating healthily, physical activities their child might do and the risks of being overweight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dear Parents: Your Child Is Fat | 8/8/2008 | See Source »

Across the industrialized world, women still live 5 to 10 years longer than men. Among people over 100 years old, 85% are women, according to Tom Perls, founder of the New England Centenarian Study at Boston University and creator of the website LivingTo100.com. Time.com asks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men? | 8/6/2008 | See Source »

...England? Who knows. For one thing, it's the only country where historically more women than men pay for dating sites. "England's a mystery," says Simoncini. "We're not sure if they're American or European...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monsieur Cupid: Dating Online | 8/6/2008 | See Source »

...disaster struck as a run of disastrous form saw the club miss out on Champion's League qualification. The resulting loss of projected revenues forced an emergency sell-off of star players, but that failed to avert a financial collapse, and the once mighty Leeds United now languishes in England's third-tier league. Just as wealth and success on the field go hand in hand in today's pro soccer, so can disaster on the field bring disaster at the bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soccer's Billion-Dollar Players | 8/3/2008 | See Source »

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