Part one of term paper
Waitressing is a difficult job that is the number one profession of non-college educated females in this country. Servers make $2.13 an hour in most areas of the country. Federal labor laws allow this low wage because tipping is customary in the United States. One benefit of waiting tables is the quick cash. Servers walk out of their shift w ...

Part two of term paper
... and contrast the attitudes of a career waitperson and those of a waitperson who has different aspirations and plans for the future. I interviewed my good friend Maureen Walsh who has been a server at various local restaurants for seven years. She is also a full-time college student, and will earn her Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education this December. Delores Dante has been waiting tables in the same restaurant for twenty-three years (Terkel 279). After her marriage broke up, she started ...