Fast food is not only recession-proof, it’s recession-enabled. From an AP news story last year, during the heart of the downturn: Recession helps boost McDonald’s sales McDonald’s Corp. said Monday its same-store sales rose 7.1 percent in January, as cash-strapped consumers lined up for the fast-food company’s burgers and breakfast items. Total sales in January [...]

Spied on Craiglist: A restaurant owner and chef explains his posting for a sous chef/assistant at minimum wage: Restaurant Seeks Sous Chef – POSITION CLOSED, but for the haters… This position has been filled, but never in my life have I ever received so much hate from a job posting, and I just want to [...]

As mentioned in previous posts, fewer people eating out means less in tips for waiters and waitresses. But in some New York restaurants, at least, the wages ain’t so hot either. From the NY State Dept. of Labor last month: State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith today announced the findings of a targeted Labor Department [...]

You know about the great diversity of answers to the question “Who are the worst tippers?” on Waiter Rant. We posted about that here and here. But many people, in their posts, also included their opinion on the type of people that are the best tippers. So here ya go: Florida Jews The absolute best [...]

Our previous post about Waiter Rant‘s thread on “Who are the worst tippers?” highlighted these groups of people: Canadians, middle-aged blue collar men, Scandinavians, Brazilians, women in groups, Baptists, senior citizens, African Americans, elderly country club women, recovering cocaine addicts, Indians, flatterers, non-smokers, teachers, upper middle-class baby boomers, athletes, Japanese, French, Europeans, Jehovah’s Witnesses, elected [...]

The recession has fewer people eating out, which means less in tips for waiters and waitresses. This can only accentuate the hard feeling felt by restaurant staff at poor tippers. A recent posting on the blog Waiter Rant asked waiters and waitresses which people they considered to be the worst at doling out an adequate [...]