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Behind the Scenes in a Restaurant: a Study of 1017 Women Restaurant Employees · Consumers' League of New York City — chapter 4 of 6 · ~385 words · public domain

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NAME Katie Penzel

ADDRESS 518 West 3rd St.

OCCUPATION Waitress

NAME OF RESTAURANT Watkins

ADDRESS 249 12th Ave.

KIND OF Counter: Tables

Y’RS AT WORK this trade 5 present firm 18 mos. total 6½

AGE 26

CONJ. COND. s. m. w. d.

BIRTHPLACE Austria

NATIONALITY OF FATHER Austrian

Y’rs in U. S., in N. Y. 7

LIVING COND. with family, boarding with relatives; friends, furnished room

Distance from work, car, walk, time 30 min.

REGULARITY OF WORK Time idle in last 12 mo. due to slack season Change of Work V’ction with pay without Ill Other Total 0

| FIRST WEEK || SECOND WEEK || OVERTIME WEEK | +------+----+-----++------+----+-----++------+----+-----+ H’RS |Begin.|End.|Total||Begin.|End.|Total||Begin.|End.|Total| MON. | 8 | 8 | 12 || 8 | 8 | 12 || | | | TUES. | 8 | 8 | 12 || 8 | 8 | 12 || | | | WED. | 8 | 8 | 12 || 8 | 8 | 12 || | | | THURS.| 8 | 8 | 12 || 8 | 8 | 12 || | | | FRI. | 8 | 8 | 12 || 8 | 8 | 12 || | | | SAT. | 8 | 8 | 12 || 8 | 8 | 12 || | | | SUN. | 8 | 8 | 12 || 8 | 8 | 12 || | | | TOTAL | | | 84 || | | 84 || | | |

NO. MEALS A DAY AT REST. 3

Time off for meals No

AVERAGE TIME IDLE DURING W’KING H’RS None

OTHER WORK REQUIRED IF NOT BUSY

ALLOWED TO LEAVE PROMPTLY

WHEN AND HOW OFTEN DOES OVERTIME WORK OCCUR TOTAL D’LY W’KLY

SUN. W’KED IN PAST Y’R 52

HOLIDAYS OFF IN PAST Y’R None

WAGES PER W’K $6.

TIPS A W’K $2.

OVERTIME PAY

FINES No

Total w’kly Hours Wage per w’k

OTHER POSITION HELD No

NO. TABLES RESP. FOR Seat. cap. 14 No. waited on a day 100 Distance from kitchen 70 ft. No. trips to kitch. a day 200 Est. am’t walked a day 5 miles

KIND OF SHOES WORN High heeled

KIND OF FLOOR Wood

W’GHT OF TRAY Heavy

EFFECT ON HEALTH “Sore feet and a mean disposition.”

DATE 2/23/’16

CITY N.Y.C.

INVESTIGATOR M. E. N.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION Restaurant.

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