Ask The Salty Waitress: Who really pays when a bartender “buys” a drink?

Hi Salty, I got engaged last week, and my friends took me out for drinks at a nice cocktail bar to celebrate. The bartender overhead our congratulatory toast and then when I got my bill, I saw he’d comped my first drink. I tipped extra, but not enough to cover the cost of the whole drink. Now I’m wondering whether…

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Author: The Salty Waitress on The Takeout, shared by Virginia K. Smith to Lifehacker

These Fancy Words Make You Sound Like an Ass

Once upon a time, I worked for a newspaper. And that newspaper was looking for ways to cut costs, which meant a combination of layoffs, buyouts and mandatory unpaid time off. In order to create the same amount of content with fewer people, we would need to get creative. We should all, management told us, look for ways…

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Author: Meghan Moravcik Walbert