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McCaskill waits tables in Columbia to emphasize importance of student loans, other issues
http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2012/10/16/mccaskill-waits-tables-columbia-emphasize-importan/"As sophomore Mitchell Perne and sophomore Brady Finn sat at their table at Flat Branch Pub & Brewing on Tuesday morning, instead of the usual waitress, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D.-Mo., arrived to take their order.
The usual atmosphere of the restaurant was interrupted as a pack of reporters, photographers and campaign workers surrounded the section McCaskill waited on.
Donning an apron and notepad, McCaskill waited on various other tables in the restaurant as she had years before when she waitressed to pay her way through law school.
"They tried to keep me from carrying more than one plate at once, and I said, 'You think I'm an amateur here? I can stack them on my arm. Watch me,'" she said.
