Dear Salty, I’m a barista/server at a small café where the French owners are very enthusiastic about the whole…
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Dear Salty: As someone who worked as a server in college, I know restaurants aim for 100 percent customer…
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Dear Salty: I took my girlfriend out for dinner for Valentine’s Day to a restaurant known for its signature fried…
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Hi Salty, I work at a large bar in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I recently had a guest who called me “baby.” I told him…
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Dear Salty, I don’t encounter coat checks much anymore, but of course on the rare occasions I do, I never have cash…
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Dear Ms. Salty: Ever since I had the experience as a small child of watching diners take wait staff’s tip money off…
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Dear Salty: Fellow server here. I need your advice on an annoying problem that comes up every few weeks: the table…
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Help me, Salty. The owner at the beer bar where I work has seen news stories about bars banning MAGA hats, and now…
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Dear Salty, I’m a manager at a small Neapolitan pizzeria/Italian restaurant. We do a good business on Friday and…
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Dear Salty: Fellow server here. Our restaurant has a kids’ menu for 12-and-unders, and I swear as I get older, I’m…
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Dear Salty: I own a small restaurant in the Midwest, where generally we’re used to cold winters. But this week, we’re…
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Dear Salty: Help! This is happened to me a few times.
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Dear Salty: As Valentine’s Day approaches, I’m preparing to propose to my long-time girlfriend. But I’m stuck trying…
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Dear Salty: I’m a new mom, and it’s been a while since I could go out for a long dinner with my girlfriends (who are…
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Dear Salty: My friends and I go out quite a bit and most of us are solid 20-percent tippers, often more if our…
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Hello Salty, I go out to eat fairly often but I’m not generally the type to hang around chatting after the meal is…
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Dear Salty: My wife and I and another couple recently completed our annual Christmas tradition of going to a nice,…
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Dear Salty: I’m the proud new parent of a bouncing baby boy. I’m also a longtime fan of a craft beer gastropub in my…
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Hi Salty, I’m a woman who’s generally not “a touchy person.” I don’t like hugging acquaintances and I tend to get a…
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Dear Salty: I moved to Seattle last year, and am not a heavy drinker. On the occasions when I go to bars and order…
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