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How Waiters Secretly Predict Your Every Need

Waiting tables is more of an art than science. These days, it’s all about “situational selling” and how waiters can anticipate what you want.

A waitress carries a tray of hamburgers at Steak & Eggs, a W

Remember to Tip: Report Shows Waiters Are Underpaid, Overworked, And Unequally Treated

A new report provides definitive evidence that those from minorities working in the restaurant industry earn less than their white counterparts.

A robot waiter cycles past customers at a robot restaurant in Jinan, Shandong province December 21, 2010.

China’s Robot Waiters: No Tipping Necessary

A restaurant that opened this month in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong uses robots for waiters, boosting efficiency and providing further proof that human beings are superfluous. Machines don’t grumble over tips. And they can’t spit in your food.

Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett (L) and Microsoft founder Bill Gates wait questions at a joint news conference in Beijing September 30, 2010.

Reading While Eating for September 30: Jerry Stiller, Jimmy Fallon and Jersey Shore

Thursday’s links are good tippers, bad inventors and rap historians.