The Salty Waitress

Dear Salty: Quick question. Can I use the men’s bathroom if the women’s one is in use? (I’m a lady.)

Dear Salty Waitress: A couple weeks ago, I went away on a girls’ weekend for my friend’s 40th birthday. The group…

Hi Salty Waitress, I’m an assistant manager at a casual restaurant in Texas. I get along well with the people on my…

Dear Salty: In the past few years, I’ve noticed a scourge of servers (mostly at trendy restaurants) who speak to…

Dear Salty: After years of living in a rural area where food delivery doesn’t exist, I’m finally back in a somewhat…

Dear Salty, I’ll spare you the details, but I got a bad case of food poisoning last week that basically kept me in…

Dear Salty, I travel a lot for business and recently got assigned to a client in a podunk town with hardly any…

Dear Salty, I’ve heard of more restaurants banning cell phones at their tables and in fact, a restaurant my wife and…

Dear Salty, I am not usually the type to post reviews on the internet, but I’m not sure I have any other choice in…

Hi Salty, please tell me what I should have done in this situation. I’ve been thinking about it since the incident…

Hey Salty: Recently I took my children to a pizza parlor, one that I usually go to with coworkers on Fridays. Like…

Hey Salty, I live in Oregon, where restaurant servers, by law, are paid minimum wage. In Oregon, minimum wage is…

Dear Salty, I’m in a potentially sad situation. I’m a server at a restaurant where an elderly couple comes in for…

It warms my doughnut-clogged heart that you people like reading my column. Dishing up advice has been much cheaper…

Dear Salty: There’s a restaurant in my town that I’ve visited before and enjoy quite a bit. It’s in the downtown…

Dear Salty: Quick question. I’m generally a good tipper—almost always 18-20 percent automatic and can go up if good…

Dear Salty, I’m a waitress at a sports bar/grill in the Midwest. A few days ago, I was waiting on this guy, and we…

Dear Salty Waitress: I’m a server at a mid-price, upscale casual restaurant, and I love my job. Recently, management…

Dear Salty: There’s a relatively new brewpub in our neighborhood, and my wife and I have gone several times. It’s a…

Dear Salty: A real jerk ruined my birthday dinner last week, and now I’m wondering what I could have done to stop it.