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Anna King waitressed for 45 years at the Venus Diner in Gibsonia, PA located north of Pittsburg. It was a beautifully maintained diner with original jukeboxes at every booth. Regrettably, it closed last year.
...on younger waitresses...
I've been doing this since I was 13 years old. There were 16 kids in our family and if you wanted anything, you worked for it, and you learned to do things right. The kids today, they don't care. All they worry about is coming in and picking up their tips and going home. They don't want to clean, they don't want to do their side work, they don't want to do nothing.
...on tipping...
In any waitress job, you have make your own money. If you're mean and nasty and don't give people good service, they don't tip you and I don't blame them. TIP means, "To insure promptness."
...on labor...
We've had girls that come in and work one day and say, "This is too hard for me," and quit. I don't think it's hard myself. I'm here at 4:00 AM and I'm done at 1 and I never stop. I never sit down. That's how I keep on going.
...on community...
I broke my hip last January. I fell out here on the sidewalk, it was just one sheet of ice and I slid and fell and landed right on my hip and shattered it. A lot of my customers came to see me in the hospital and I got a big stack of cards. I was off six months and boy that was tough. I didn't like being at home because I miss all my customers. After I could get around and I was allowed to drive, and I'd come up to the diner every morning at 5:30 have coffee and talk to everybody. I was so glad to get back. |
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