SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- GetQuik (http://www.getquik.com), a Santa Clara-based provider of restaurant order automation technology and services is experiencing strong sales growth despite the turbulent economic conditions in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Police in South Carolina said a waitress allegedly shot a customer in the arm and struck the customer with the gun during a heated argument. Crystal Samuel said she was waiting for a takeout breakfast order at the Waffle House in Manning, S.C., when a waitress, identified by police as Yakeisha Ward, 29, allegedly told her friends they could not eat their food while waiting for Samuel's order, WLTX-TV, Columbia, S.C., reported Wednesday. I said what is your fuss about.

More than 30 employees of New York's 21 Club claim in a lawsuit that the restaurant has been stealing a portion of their tips for years. The class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday in United States District Court claims the popular restaurant charges a 21.75 percent gratuity for private dining and banquet services, but pays only 18 percent of the bill collected to staff members, The New York Times reported Wednesday. D.

By Tim Simmons, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. May 23--Encouraged by a legal victory at Boston's Logan International airport, skycaps at Raleigh-Durham International have sued over pay. Skycaps in Philadelphia, Charlotte and Washington have joined similar suits.

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. - Humberto A. Taveras put his money where his mouth is and ended up arrested, accused of leaving an inadequate tip at a restaurant.