A 60-guest dinner party delivered for a 200 cook fee plus 20 tip

Evidence

Well, it was truly a miracle that I got all 60 plates on the table while they were still warm with as little help as I had. All the guests paid high compliments to their hostess for the delicious meal, and her husband came back to the kitchen to thank me for the wonderful job I did. At the end of the long day and night, my employer gave me my check for $200 as agreed upon, and then handed me a crisp twenty-dollar bill, my big cash tip. I was speechless. — Dolores DeLuce, Blow Jobs, 155

Categorization

• SEED: An essay angle on the economics of gig hospitality work: skilled labor priced into invisibility, celebrated by guests but compensated as starvation wages.