Zonbu is billing itself as a cheap client, a PC replacement, the true $100 laptop. But what if you called it a server? Its $12.95/month service charge is designed to pay for online updates, including ...

DEAR ABBY: What is a proper tip to leave a server at an all-you-can-eat buffet? They bring water and bus the table, but we get our own food and drinks. They certainly don’t work as hard as servers in ...

This is not the fault of any server – most of whom are not even guilty of conspiring – but rather of centuries of creepy marketing, a pernicious diet industry, and six seasons of Sex and the City. In ...

A friend of mine was asked to leave a restaurant after the check had been paid because people were waiting for tables, and he was highly insulted. My position was that it was courteous to leave ...

I have gotten to the point that I no longer like to go out to eat, especially if it is a restaurant that my wife and I have not gone to before. Here’s why. You have a great meal in a nice restaurant.

Dear Abby: I have a friend who, any time we ate out, if a server tried to take her empty plate, and others around her weren’t done eating, would stick her hand out to prevent the server from taking ...

DEAR ABBY: I frequent a small local restaurant. The owner is also the server. I believe her husband (or son) is the chef. We’re on friendly terms, and I sometimes get a “free” dessert. When the bill ...

Dear Abby: When my partner and I eat at a restaurant, the server often clears my partner’s plate before I am finished. I am not a slow eater, but I generally finish after she does. When the server ...

Dear Annie: I have gotten to the point that I no longer like to go out to eat, especially if it is a restaurant that my wife and I have not gone to before. Here’s why. You have a great meal in a nice ...