busser
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Korsmo said she has appealed to lawmakers’ own restaurant-industry histories, like Senate Majority Leader John Thune, whose first job was as a busser at a South Dakota restaurant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
At the union’s October food bank, Olivia Eliseo, a busser at California Adventure’s Lamplight Lounge, called the vandalism “horrible.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
In Bath, Maine, Mae’s Cafe & Bakery has added six new workers — four servers, one busser and an administrative assistant — in the last month, bringing its total head count to 28.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022
I started as a busser; clearing plates, filling waters, bringing out salads.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
Emily Ekelund, a former employee, started working as a busser at Joe Beef in 2011, and was eventually promoted to bartender.
From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019
“Even the bussers were makin’ crazy guap, crazy cash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2023
Of course the buzz came at a time when Matia was short two cooks, two dishwashers, two bussers and a host.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2021
“TI employees, including managers, waitstaff and bussers, are tasked with reminding guests to follow procedure for the safety of everyone on property. We take the security of our employees and guests very seriously.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2020
Many of those solid-wage workers began as low-wage bussers or dish washers because low-wage jobs were allowed.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 5, 2016
Between the other bussers side-eyeing my sudden elevated status and the sad-faced out-of-towners asking if the rumor about Fireball was true, I couldn’t hear a word of what Sadie and Max had to say.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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