auto-grat n.— «When I work banquets where the bqt. manager and head chef get tipped out, I walk with about 11.75% of a 20% auto-grat. That hurts.» —“Cheap Bastards” Waiter Rant Feb. 1, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued...
rankism n.— «What’s rankism, or rankist behavior? It is hiring an intern and ignoring her all summer. Or pointlessly yelling at the receptionist about a manager who is late. Or a professor’s taking credit for a graduate student’s research...
dignitarian n.— «What’s rankism, or rankist behavior? It is hiring an intern and ignoring her all summer. Or pointlessly yelling at the receptionist about a manager who is late. Or a professor’s taking credit for a graduate student’s...
dogs of the Dow n.pl.— «WI was thinking of the Dogs of the Dow, those high-yielding blue chips that gained notoriety nearly a decade ago.…The Dogs of the Dow system was invented a quarter-century ago by a money manager named Michael...
spray sheet n.— «You have data you get now as a manager or as a coach for infield players that tells you where guys hit it in certain counts. You know all their tendencies.…You have what’s called a “spray sheet.” We used...
bellagonna adj.— «We have talked to the bellagonna (which translates as non-Navajo) manager who says they’re still working towards a waiver to avoid changes.» —“Navajo culture is scorned by Hilton Hotels” by Shirley Rose...