Don't know if you are asking about waiters you've had, or stories while one was waiting tables... here's one... I picked up a summer job at a small restaurant on the riverfront. They weren't always crowded, so we were not that busy (even though they were impressed by my catering/banquet serving experience and were going to hire me for that - it never panned out much to my dismay as that would have meant big $$$.) I worked there for about a month... the pay wasn't that great, they took the tip percentage whether or not I actually got the tips. The final straw came when during week 3, they decided to get the nice Polo style short sleeve shirts with the logo embroidered... they just gave them out to us, no big deal. The next pay, I get a check for about 12.00 because they took out the cost of the shirt (it was like a 40.00 shirt!!!!plus the tips and taxes taken out!) Talk about pissed! The owner's wife just handed out the shirt, not telling that we'd have to pay for it!