I'm a trained chef working towards a hospitality career in Miami. Cooking is all about creating an experience — and faking it 'til you make it.

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Karen Rosenbloom a journalism student, chef and content creator.
Karen Rosenbloom a journalism student, chef and content creator.

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I was a bartender for almost a decade. Here are the techniques I used to land bigger tips — and the people I tried to avoid serving.

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Starr Douglas was a bartender for almost a decade.

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These 5 things prompt us to tip more

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Several behaviors can make us tip more by increasing the social rapport between the server and the customer.

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We opened a restaurant with a no-tipping policy. We have to charge more, but it's been totally worth it.

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Vinod Kalathil and his wife Margaret Pak, owners of Thattu in Chicago
Vinod Kalathil and his wife Margaret Pak recently opened no-tip restaurant Thattu in Chicago.

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South Korean tech bosses fret about a flood of cheap Chinese robot waiters

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AI serving robot from KT carries foods and drinks during a demonstration at a restaurant in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020.
A serving robot from KT at a restaurant in Seoul, South Korea.

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Meet a 27-year-old concierge at the Four Seasons hotel catering to VIP guests paying up to $25,000 a night

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Guest Relations Manager Jessica Waddy (left) and the Four Seasons Hotel Downtown New York (right)
Guest Relations Manager Jessica Waddy (left) and the Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown (right)

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A father-son duo built 2 vacation homes on a remote Australian island that rent for $6,200 a night — and Chris Hemsworth was their first guest

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Timmy and Michael Maxwell.

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The manager of a Popeyes franchise 'screamed' obscenities at federal investigators and slammed the kitchen door so hard it shook the building, the Labor Department said

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Sign on the exterior of a Popeyes restaurant

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Birthday cakes, Ulta runs, and hundreds of rose petals: Inside the job of a service stylist at a luxury NYC hotel

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Sarah Chelli placing a teddy bear on a bed in a hotel room at The Langham for a guest, there is a little backpack with a bear already on the bed, and a balloon tied to the bear
Sarah Chelli places a Langham-branded teddy bear on a bed for a guest.

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I'm a manager at Google who also goes to culinary school at night. Here's my daily routine and how I manage both.

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A headshot of Google senior account manager Harrison Hill.
Harrison Hill is a New York-based Google strategic partnerships development manager and culinary student.

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