[D]efendants oppose the motion on the grounds that the plaintiffs have failed to specify what their job duties are, and so have not established that they and the other members of the proposed class are similarly situated. This is a ridiculous argument.
The Court has not spent her life under a toadstool — I know what waiters, busboys and bartenders do when they go to work.
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— Judge Colleen McMahon, granting a motion for conditional collective action certification in Shajan v. Barolo, Ltd. (S.D.N.Y. June 2, 2010).