PAUL TULLER
I Want Everybody to Make More, Not Waiters and Bartenders to Make Less
By Dan Savage
Waiting tables has always meant good money, if not great money, and a flexible schedule. The ability to swap shifts with other waiters meant being able to get time off for play rehearsals or final exams or Stranger editorial meetings back in the day.
Tips were what made the job a good one. Tips made it lucrative. Tips put me through school and through living in London for a year and through the first two years of The Stranger, back when Stranger writers got paid in coupons for pizza…