They do not consider less-skilled professions such as waiting tables as middle class.
Waiting tables can be seen as a rite of passage job, something en route to something else or a non-job.
This is not to belittle the value of waiting tables at South of the Border any more than discounting the lessons one learns as a community organizer.
Many of these people view waiting tables as a-tide-me-over job.
Recent college graduates who are working in high-school level jobs might be better off in the long run by freelancing or starting a business in their field than, say, waiting tables.
The report, by CareerCast, says being a reporter at a newspaper, magazine or TV show is worse than waiting tables and only a tiny bit less lousy than working on an oil rig.
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So the last place in the world I expected to see a somewhat philosophical message about waiting tables as a managerial and beneficial endeavor was in a teeny restaurant in a tiny little hamlet in Scotland called Dunkeld.
Behind the myth of Hollywood lies a swirling melting pot of a place where nearly half of people speak Spanish and where, for every rising star, there's at least a hundred wannabes waiting tables or entertaining tourists on Venice Beach.
So, there I was waiting on tables and delivering food with an engineering degree in my back pocket.
Chronically undercapitalized, they took jobs at night waiting on tables and parking cars.
Dozens of rocking chairs adorn front porches where diners idle while waiting for tables and others chew on toothpicks and bask in the afterglow of a plate of biscuits and gravy, chicken-fried steak or similar country-themed cuisine.
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Time Out Chicago magazine, a weekly staple in waiting rooms and coffee tables around the city, is ceasing print operations and going all digital, according to sources.
Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa has a legion of devoted followers, many of whom turn up early (the place opens at 7.45 p.m. and closes at 11 a.m.) and sit patiently at plastic-covered tables, waiting for the management to shed light on matters by switching on the fluorescent tubes overhead.
It's like walking into a scene from Goodfellas - the crowd seated at candlelit tables, suited-up waiting staff distributing Old Fashioneds, the band on stage playing whipsmart swing and jazz.
The cavernous space is dotted with lots of little tables covered in white cloths, waiting for their contents to be announced.
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And like a Hollywood actor waiting for his big break, he waited tables for 20 years prior to becoming board game famous.
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