Doggie Bags International and New I-9 Form

Dear Friends,
Is it proper to take home unfinished food from a restaurant? In the United States most people think it would be wasteful to NOT take perfectly good food home. (”Doggie Bags” – the bags restaurants use to send home un-eaten food are for just that purpose – even though the contents are usually consumed by humans and not dogs). At dinner the other night, I learned from my Brazilian friends that in their country it is looked down upon to bring left-overs home. And our waiter, from Moldova, said that in her country they do not bring home food from restaurants either. I know from my personal experience in Japan that is it similar there. I heard a story of a Japanese restaurant not allowing food to leave because they were afraid of being sued if the food became unhealthy on the way home and someone got sick. Here we would more likely get sick thinking about all of that wasted food.
New I-9 Form
Starting this month US employers need to use the new I-9 Employment Verification form for new employees that has April 3, 2009 printed on the lower right-hand corner. You can find this form at www.uscis.gov or call 1-800-870-3676.
This week we have lots of positions in recreation and hospitality available.