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Madeleine Davies
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Managing Editor, Jezebel

I am going to start a ladies night that's just a red tent where we sit around in unwashed muumuus eating macaroni and cheese and watching old Buffy episodes. Men can come if they want. Read more

I can't imagine how bad it would have to get for the Catholic church to actually hold one of their own accountable for something. Read more

You're right. If it's a personal issue then you don't need to tell your server what's up. But you did need to leave a full tip. It's especially unfair to take out your personal problems on your server. Read more

If it's a food issue, tell your server, but don't be a dick about it. They probably want to help and no one wants to make you eat a shitty meal. If it's a service issue that you don't feel comfortable bringing up with the server, then yes, go tell the maitre'd. If you continue to get crappy service with no reasonable Read more

One of the things that always frustrated me the most as a server is when customers were obviously upset, but they'd refuse to tell me what was wrong. I remember once waiting on a couple and initially everything was fine — we were joking around, they seemed to like me — but after I brought their meals over, something Read more