Reaction Time

I’ve been wearing drugstore reading glasses for years. Working in low lighting and squinting at computer screens have screwed up my vision. Without them I can’t read. Refusing to pay for prescription lenses I keep buying cheap spectacles at the rate of one...

Big Boobs + Waitress = Big Tip?

Michael Lynn, the professor at Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration asked me if I’d put this survey for WAITRESSES up on my website. This survey focuses on physical characteristics like age, height, weight, waist size, hip size, bra size, hair color,...

No Mas Shakira!

It’s 3 o’clock. I step inside the Bistro to work my 300th Saturday night. Carrying my dry cleaned uniform over my shoulder I walk around and start saying my hellos. “Hi Maria,” I call out to one of the busgirls. “How’s your...

Puttanesca

“Do you make Linguini Puttanesca?” “No Madam,” I reply, “We don’t have it on the menu.” “Well,” the lady harrumphs, “The chef made it for me the last time I was here.” God – I hate when customers use...

Bumped

As you may have already figured out, the segment about tipping on this morning’s Today Show got bumped. If it’s scheduled to air another time I’ll let you all know. Television’s a fickle mistress. Bummer.