The feared Luby’s customer was 89-year-old, World War 2 survivor, Walter “Buck” Swords. Due to his short fuse and unfriendly personality, the staff tried to avoid him as much as possible. Buck had been coming to Luby’s for lunch for years. In that time, he had built up a terrible reputation. After a while, nobody wanted to serve him.
Salazar was the exception: she was the only one who could handle Buck and she kept serving him.