busser
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“Some months it was even slower than Covid,” said the 63-year-old, who came to the U.S. in 1982 and worked his way up from busser at a local country club.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
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
Without enough security staff, Mlynarczyk had to act as bouncer, busser, bar director and general manager all at once.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2022
As I worked my way through restaurants, graduating from a busser to a server, bartender, manager and even a grill cook a few times, I always had my eye on writing about food.
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
“These dudes were bussers, bouncers and managers in the clubs and they were making crazy cash,” Jesse said.
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
Our community of food runners, hosts, bussers, waiters, customers, artists we display, bands that performed, my godchildren, surrounding businesses and my mother all were harassed by self-proclaimed “investigators.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2017
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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