EditorialA waitress wades through floodwater while preparing tables in Campo Erberia, behind the Rialto bridge in Venice, Italy, on Nov. 20, 2022. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)
EditorialA waitress wades through floodwater while preparing tables in Campo Erberia, behind the Rialto bridge in Venice, Italy, on Nov. 20, 2022. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)
EditorialRomina Sejas, who worked as a waitress and in telemarketing, now earns a living as a cryptocurrency consultant and by teaching workshops about digital currencies, at her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 28, 2022. (Sarah Pabst/The New York Times)
EditorialLashonda Johnson, a waitress at a Waffle House in Commerce, Ga., says she’s believe in the affordability of electric vehicles when she sees it. (David Walter Banks/The New York Times)
EditorialCasey Skrhak, a waitress who was attracted by the free services offered by Human Coalition, in Charlotte, N.C., May 1, 2022. (Leslye Davis/The New York Times)
EditorialMihailovsckaya Edita, a waitress at Back in the U.S.S.R., a cafe in Tiraspol, in the breakaway region of Transnistria, May 5, 2022. (Cristian Movila/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left, Keala Settle, Jessie Mueller and Kimiko Glenn in the musical "Waitress," at the Brooks Atkinson Theater in New York, March 24, 2016. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left: Keala Settle, Jessie Mueller and Kimiko Glenn in the musical "Waitress," at the Brooks Atkinson Theater in New York, March 24, 2016. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialA waitress pours a drink for a customer at Phat Eatery in Katy Asian Town, a shopping center in the Houston suburbs aimed at the area’s large Asian American population, Jan. 7, 2022. (Go Nakamura/The New York Times)
EditorialA waitress pours a drink for a customer at Phat Eatery in Katy Asian Town, a shopping center in the Houston suburbs aimed at the area’s large Asian American population, Jan. 7, 2022. (Go Nakamura/The New York Times)
EditorialJennifer Nettles, left, during the curtain call for her final performance in “Waitress,” with Sara Bareilles, right, the show’s composer, in New York, Nov. 24, 2021. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
EditorialSara Bareilles sings "She Could Have Been Mine" during a performance of "Waitress" in New York, Feb. 1, 2019. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)