Word: waitere
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...domestic agency in Beverly Hills on my own, but its best price for a footman in a morning coat was $500, minimum. In a panic, I had our bureau administrator, Judith Stoler, call the caterer she uses for TIME functions, which, by the way, has an online site. A waiter would come on Sunday night. Was this breaking the rules? Let's just say there's no controlling legal authority...
JOSEPH HELLER used to say he'd rather have a big meal than a good one. His friends were used to him grabbing the waiter to demand two large spoons and digging in first. One evening, when a huge bowl of soup was placed on the table, Joe announced, "Gentlemen, I'll serve." We watched in awe as he filled a bowl, wondering what had come over him. Then, instead of passing the soup to anyone, he just said, "Now you serve." We were relieved. We wanted him just the way he was--irascible and incorrigible. His passions were books...
After ordering, customers can sit at a table and wait for their meal to be delivered by "food runners," a concept that company staffers have pitched as a quicker alternative to traditional waiter service...
...frequent patron of Cafe Pamplona (and a Crimson executive too), became privy to this bias first-hand while looking for a job last spring. Burnham attempted to apply for the serving position advertised in the cafe's window. Though she did not talk with the owner herself, the waiter that Burnham spoke with told her that she shouldn't even bother applying...
...really liked the atmosphere and thought it would be a cool place to work, but the waiter told me that the woman who owned the place wanted to preserve the atmosphere of a cafe in Spain and didn't accept applications from women," says Burnham. She says the waiter was apologetic regarding the bistro's rigid policy but, nevertheless, he neglected to give Burnham an application...