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Loading... Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiterby Steve Dublanica
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I was a fan of the Waiter's blog for a long time before the book. The book was more cohesive than I had anticipated, although preachy and long-winded at times. There are a number of good stories, but I wish the author had told more of the anecdotes and spent less time on his own musings, which I was skimming pretty regularly at the end. Overall an ok beach read - better than I thought it was going to be. I do miss the blog though, which had a much higher quality to it and seems to have sadly ended since the publication of the book. (  ) rdurant1217 | Oct 23, 2009 |  An enjoyable work about the life of waiters and provides many reasons for why one never wants to make your waiter angry at you. (  ) ahduval | Oct 8, 2009 | Another blog-turned-book, Waiter Rant is a cynical look at life at the front of the house. Sometimes crude, with a rough sort of writing style, the book is as much about the author's nagging dissatisfaction with being "just" a waiter (after he quit seminary school and ditched a career in the mental health field) as it is about the restaurant business, and you have to wonder how much his unhappiness with his own life affected his view of work. By the end of the book I could hardly believe that a workplace as disfunctional as his could continue to operate. (  ) OliviainNJ | Aug 20, 2009 | Not what I was expecting. It was ok but kind of boring. From the book cover it seemed like it was going to be more funny specific stories about serving customers. But it was more of a general story about his life. I thought the book was written more for the outsider than the current/former server and honestly I don't see why anyone outside the restaurant business would really even want to read a book about us. If you're not in the industry you don't really understand what its like to work in it and many people think that its an easy job and we don't have any reasons to complain. If the general public does read it (which I doubt they will) then good for them, it will hopefully give them a whole new understanding of the demands of being someone's food servant and punching bag. (  ) Leeny182 | Aug 10, 2009 | A must read for anyone and everyone who ever plans to go out for a meal. ( ) agplus3 | Aug 5, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0061256684, Hardcover)According to The Waiter, eighty percent of customers are nice people just looking for something to eat. The remaining twenty percent, however, are socially maladjusted psychopaths. Waiter Rant offers the server's unique point of view, replete with tales of customer stupidity, arrogant misbehavior, and unseen bits of human grace transpiring in the most unlikely places. Through outrageous stories, The Waiter reveals the secrets to getting good service, proper tipping etiquette, and how to keep him from spitting in your food. The Waiter also shares his ongoing struggle, at age thirty-eight, to figure out if he can finally leave the first job at which he's truly thrived. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:12 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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