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...hearings earlier this year, Metzenbaum, chairman of a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, got an earful of such gripes. Widows and divorcees howled that their auto insurance premiums had been raised sharply because of their change in status. An Arizona college student and part-time waitress reported that a company had canceled her auto coverage because "waitresses are considered transients." Metzenbaum's conclusion: "A persuasive case has been made that, in order to maximize profits, property and casualty companies [a category that includes auto insurers] are rejecting 'clean' risks in an apparent attempt to eliminate all but the ideal...
Jane Palmer, the mother, who earns $2,400 a year working on weekends as a waitress, is eligible to enroll...
...Logan feels the same way. Until a year or two ago, Pat worked as a waitress--a "legrunner," she says--and depended entirely on tips for her income. The insecurity of this livelihood was a constant source of tension and frustration. Now, at Harvard, she is not complaining either--the pay is steady, the work is not too strenuous, the hours aren't too long, the Harvard health plan provides insurance against debilitating medical costs, she gets paid during vacations and she likes her co-workers...
Ever since he started going out with women, Tom Horsley, 40, a certified public accountant from Campbell, Calif, has been plagued by broken dates. Last month Horsley decided that he had had enough: he filed suit in San Francisco Small Claims Court against Waitress Alyn Chesselet, 31, for standing...
Months passed without comment-or cash-from Chesselet. In February Horsley went to the waitress and demanded $15 for car expenses (15? a mile) and $17 for his time ($8.50 an hour, his minimum rate as a C.P.A.). Sue me, she replied. He did. The trial is set for July, and if Horsley wins, the courts will have added another rule to the complicated dating game...