Waitress, 88, helps NY restaurant draw customers

She's petite, white-haired and 88 years old. And if you ask Rosie the waitress what's in the meat loaf, she's likely to tell you, "It's made of old socks."

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Ind. Waitress Gets a $10,000 Tip

The personal touch earned a waitress a $10,000 tip. Jessica Osborne, 20, received the gift from a family of regulars at the Pizza Hut where she works in this northeastern Indiana town.

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Pregnant Teen Waitress Gets $1,000 Tip

A pregnant teenage waitress got an unexpectedly large tip when a sympathetic stranger left her $1,000 in cash, according to a media report Friday.

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Woman Accused of Mailing Condom Explosives

A former strip club waitress mailed condoms filled with a potentially explosive mixture to a television station, strip clubs and other places, saying she was tired of being mistreated by men, according to court documents.

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110 Words About... Taking My Order

Ever been at a restaurant and the person taking your order doesn't write it down? There is an instant fear that something will be screwed up. I'm sure servers that show this aversion to writing manage to get some orders correct, but why not jot it down just in case?

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Waitresses work very hard. It is a regular Job, but not often thought of that way.... The people who hire waitresses should pay them a decent wage....period. It is harder work than so many other jobs...and it is morally criminal to expect the patrons to pay employees wages.

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As H1N1 spreads across the nation, health officials are pleading with the public: If you are sick, stay home. But for millions of Americans with no paid sick leave, the choice isn't easy.

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Police said too many orders of a popular Italian dish caused a chef to pull a gun on two women at a Boca Raton pizza parlor.

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When the Grand View Topless Coffee shop in Vassalboro opened in February 2009, Lisa Beaudreau and Star Cunningham both found jobs there. "Yes, I am a topless waitress, but I'm just a regular normal person in society," Cunningham says.

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Through blood, sweat, & tears...(photo update)

What is your worst job??? .. or please list your worst jobs (if there be more than one). 1. Cashier... 4 years of servitude

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A Clarendon County waitress is accused of shooting a customer at the restaurant after the two had a dispute. Yakeisha Ward, 29, is charged with assault and battery with intent to kill.

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Atlantic Records executive Michael Kyser and Universal Music Group honcho Shawn Costner took Jay-Z and his entourage out to M2 in Chelsea in February and racked up a $1,500 tab.      

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As Digby pointed out yesterday on CNN's Your Money, Ari Velshi decided to let everyone know just how "lucky" an 84 year old woman was who is still waiting tables. I'll let Digby take it from here.

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A waitress is being hailed a hero by a local family. Drew Marenda, his wife and 20-month-old daughter, Ava, were eating at a TGI Friday's in Green Oak Township earlier this week.

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Police officers in Mannheim had to roll up their sleeves and tend bar during a pub inspection on Wednesday evening when they discovered the waitress was too drunk to bill her customers, police said Thursday.

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"A Bosnian Muslim waitress has demanded compensation from the London bar where she worked over a red dress she was asked to wear, British media reported Thursday.

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-- 2 different Video Links for this story-- Excerpt: Hard pressed to find good helping hands these days? Not bothered that these helping hands may not be human? Then you may want to try hiring the same workers as used by the owners of the Japanese tavern Kayabukiya.

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Just a tip for waitstaff worldwide: A little courtesy can go a long way. Jessica Osborne was so nice to one set of frequent patrons of the Indiana pizza restaurant where she works that they always requested her as their server.

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Excerpt: You use your hands all the time, but do you wash them just as often? Every day people are touching dirty surfaces, bodily fluids and then other people. You wouldn't go under the knife with surgeons who hadn't washed their hands.

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OMAHA, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- An Omaha, Neb., restaurant said musicians with the Trans Siberian Orchestra left waiters a $10,000 tip after three weeks of service.

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She's petite, white-haired and 88 years old. And if you ask Rosie the waitress what's in the meat loaf, she's likely to tell you, "It's made of old socks."

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If you mistakenly receive too much change from a cashier, would you return it? How would you handle an obnoxious cell phone user or a waitress who shamelessly flirts with your boyfriend?

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Stacey Fearnall thought she was doing a good thing when she raised $2,700 by donating her hair to a cancer research charity. A Canadian waitress was fired after donating her hair to charity.

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TORONTO (CBC) - A 36-year-old waitress at an Owen Sound, Ont., restaurant lost her job this week after she shaved her head to raise money for a cancer charity. /blockquote>

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"And then last week, as Bob had breakfast at his usual restaurant in Crystal, 'Eggie's Cafe' waitress Carol Dargis overheard a call.

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Beer drinkers' delight: table-top taps A Georgia bar is home to perhaps the first system in the country that lets diners pull their own beer from taps installed right at the table.

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The key is that "Juno" is about people struggling to make real decisions in the real world, according to screenwriter Barbara Nicolosi of Act One, a group that trains Christians to work in the Hollywood mainstream. This isn't a connect-the-dots sermon targeting true believers.

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....She made sure his food was as hot as he wanted, even if it meant he burned his mouth. And she smiled through his demands and curses. The 89-year-old Walter "Buck" Swords obviously appreciated it, leaving the waitress $50,000 and a 2000 Buick when he died....

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Gratutities Suck: Why I'm Never Tipping Again; And Neither Should You

Let's face it, we all have worked at some point in our lives. Whether we have done homework, worked at a fast food restaurant or we are the CEO of Apple. We have worked.

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