Question 1

Paules describes how

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A)  managers often sexually harass waitresses, assuming that the waitress will not protest for fear of losing her job. 
B)  the culture of food and eating in American society is perfectly expressed in the waitress/customer relationship. 
C)  waitresses use various strategies to "make" rather than just "get" a tip. 
D)  males serving tables in a restaurant receive substantially smaller tips from men and females serving tables receive smaller tips from women. 
A)  managers often sexually harass waitresses, assuming that the waitress will not protest for fear of losing her job. 
B)  the culture of food and eating in American society is perfectly expressed in the waitress/customer relationship. 
C)  waitresses use various strategies to "make" rather than just "get" a tip. 
D)  males serving tables in a restaurant receive substantially smaller tips from men and females serving tables receive smaller tips from women. C

Question 2

The relationship among waitresses could best be described as

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A)  competitive. 
B)  cooperative. 
C)  hostile. 
D)  sisterly. 
A)  competitive. 
B)  cooperative. 
C)  hostile. 
D)  sisterly. A

Question 3

Paules's argument attributes waitresses' success in getting larger tips to

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A)  treating the customers with courtesy and friendliness. 
B)  flirting with customers and appearing to be very familiar with complete strangers. 
C)  serving as many customers as possible in a given shift. 
D)  providing an image of someone who really needs the tip and will spend the 
A)  treating the customers with courtesy and friendliness. 
B)  flirting with customers and appearing to be very familiar with complete strangers. 
C)  serving as many customers as possible in a given shift. 
D)  providing an image of someone who really needs the tip and will spend the A

Question 4

Low tips or failing to be tipped at all is interpreted by waitresses as

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A)  a consequence of the customer's being too cheap, too poor, or too ignorant to tip properly. 
B)  a personal failure on their part. 
C)  the fault of the restaurant for not making customers comfortable and happy enough to tip. 
D)  the result of a bad economy and hard times for working families. 
A)  a consequence of the customer's being too cheap, too poor, or too ignorant to tip properly. 
B)  a personal failure on their part. 
C)  the fault of the restaurant for not making customers comfortable and happy enough to tip. 
D)  the result of a bad economy and hard times for working families.

Question 5

According to Paules, most waitresses see themselves as

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A)  a woman in need who is grateful to receive a tip of almost any size, since people don't have to tip at all. 
B)  a person who is only working in a restaurant until something better comes along. 
C)  a "mother" who is serving her "family" in the most important instance of social interaction. 
D)  someone with pride who is doing a hard job. 
A)  a woman in need who is grateful to receive a tip of almost any size, since people don't have to tip at all. 
B)  a person who is only working in a restaurant until something better comes along. 
C)  a "mother" who is serving her "family" in the most important instance of social interaction. 
D)  someone with pride who is doing a hard job.

Question 6

Waitresses, according to Greta Foff Paules, often

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A)  present an image of themselves as being needy and happy with a tip of any size. 
B)  incorrectly record a diner's order, making it smaller than it actually should be, in order to win the diner's favor and increase their own tips. 
C)  see the customer as something to be "processed" in order to get the largest possible tips. 
D)  keep tips intended for other waitresses. 
A)  present an image of themselves as being needy and happy with a tip of any size. 
B)  incorrectly record a diner's order, making it smaller than it actually should be, in order to win the diner's favor and increase their own tips. 
C)  see the customer as something to be "processed" in order to get the largest possible tips. 
D)  keep tips intended for other waitresses.

Exam 29: Greta Foff Paules, Getting and Making a Tip From Dishing It Out: Power and Resistance Among Waitresses in a New Jersey Restaurant

Paules describes how

The relationship among waitresses could best be described as

Paules's argument attributes waitresses' success in getting larger tips to

Low tips or failing to be tipped at all is interpreted by waitresses as

According to Paules, most waitresses see themselves as

Waitresses, according to Greta Foff Paules, often

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