The Salty Waitress

The ins and outs of finding love in a diner booth.

Tip pooling, tipping out, tip jars—when did tipping get so complicated?

Working on holidays: a lucrative way to skip holiday tedium, or a seasonal bummer?

The Salty Waitress chimes in on tipping etiquette after a coffee crisis.

A woman dining alone suspects she’s receiving less-than-stellar service.

A 20% tip on a dollar cup of soda is definitely cheap, but will a bigger tip make me look weird?

Hello, Salty! So glad to see you’re back!

Hello, Salty Waitress. I haven’t dined in person for quite a while but with the anticipation of getting vaccinated…

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Dear Salty, I was at the coffee shop counter, and the cashier wouldn’t take my order until I took off my AirPod! And…

Salty, how rude is it to snatch another napkin or silverware from a nearby unoccupied table if a server is nowhere…

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Dear Salty, I tend to be a timely guy and I always try and be courteous. Whenever a restaurant accepts it, I try to…

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