waitress
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"It's very energetic, very chaotic," said Melanie Mendoza, a waitress at the Bourbon and Branch, a bar not far from the iconic Garden that is fully decked out in the team's colors.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
He said no more than four words to me the entire meal, but managed to chat up our waitress.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Price's policy of tipping 15% in a restaurant might seem generous to many people, but in certain cities in the US it could very well result in a frosty response from a waiter or waitress.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Ms. Reilly, whose Beth is unbearably snide, doesn’t really act but is still a presence, partly because she dresses like a roadhouse waitress rather than a cattle mogul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
The waitress brought us refills, and Ty'ree waited till she left again before he started talking.
From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson
But also forgotten by those who bash tech billionaires: Making productive realtors, waitresses, plumbers, doctors, bakers and candlestick makers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
"We don't need 10 waitresses to be serving four tables," Gonzalez says.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
His focus is on ordinary Midwesterners—bus drivers, waitresses, dime-store clerks, schoolteachers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
“Alice” aired on CBS from 1976 to 1985 and featured Holliday, Lavin and Beth Howland as a trio of waitresses working at the roadside Mel’s Diner in Phoenix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025
There was a blind innkeeper and his sighted wife, who was the cook, and their two young daughters, who worked as waitresses and maids.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
