Published: January 05, 2012

Be Kind to Food Servers Month, They Need It To Cope With Us

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/

FRIDAY, JANUARY 6: HONORING FOOD SERVERS

Profile America -- Friday, January 6th.

Today would be a good day to add a smile to the tip you leave at your favorite restaurant -- this is Be Kind to Food Servers Month, a time to express appreciation to the many dedicated waiters and waitresses who make eating out a pleasure.

From small diners and bars, up to top-rated, five-star restaurants, there are more than 820,000 eating establishments across the nation, catering to every taste from beer to single malt scotch, and from ham and eggs to poached salmon.

Working in these places are just over 2 million women and men, who deal with separate checks and make sure we get either regular or decaf coffee and who tend to our needs mostly with a smile and a good natured word.

You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov.

Sources: Chase's Calendar of Events 2012, p. 65
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2012, t. 616
2007 Economic Census, NAICS 722

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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau