waitress
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Barb is toasting Ron and his accomplishments, but he can’t pay attention because the waitress is standing awkwardly at the table.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
"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
My mom worked there as a cocktail waitress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
In a separate posting on X in November a waitress, said to be from New York City, complained that a table of four who spent $3,000 only gave her $200 or 6.7%.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
A waitress brought over a Coke for Felix and a tall multicolored drink with three pieces of fruit around the rim for his mom.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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Some waitresses at this year's beer festival say they have also started wearing cycling shorts under their dirndls.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
But the young women who would have become telephone operators became stenographers, administrative assistants and waitresses instead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
"We don't need 10 waitresses to be serving four tables," Gonzalez says.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 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
Three of the waitresses came in at the same time.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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