by waiter | Sep 27, 2004 | Uncategorized
I work in a Tuscan restaurant. Like salmon that must swim upstream to spawn, middle-aged Yuppies are genetically programmed to visit Tuscany before they die. The sous chef, who is from Lucca, jokes you can always pick the invading Americans out of the crowd; fat,...
by waiter | Sep 25, 2004 | Uncategorized
The dumbest customers on Earth walked into my place tonight. I knew they were trouble right away. Without a reservation, they wanted to survey the bistro to “get a feel” before they “committed” to eating there. Of course they demanded the nicest table. Since it was...
by waiter | Sep 22, 2004 | Uncategorized
Manahttan Waiter Adventures of the Masked Waiter Bitter Waitress – check out the Shitty Tipper Database! Celebrity sightings! The Gothamist is a great website about NYC. They had a forum on tipping where I jousted with some anti – tipping scum! Read all...
by waiter | Sep 20, 2004 | Uncategorized
So I’m telling an eight top the specials on an especially clamorous Friday night, shouting to make myself heard above the din, when I hear a dog barking. No not outside, somewhere on the side aisle! Mystified I stop mid sentence and look in the direction of the canine...
by waiter | Sep 20, 2004 | Uncategorized
I was hungry at the start of my shift so I jetted to the pizzeria across the street to grab a quick slice. As I was chatting up the kid behind the counter a totally smoking babe walked past the window hand in hand with her boyfriend. In typical guy fashion we both...
by waiter | Apr 27, 2004 | Uncategorized
A couple of years ago we hired a waiter, whom I will call Carl, who arrived with impeccable references. A Swiss citizen, Carl had worked in some of the finest establishments all over the world. An older man, in his fifties, he knew everything there was to know about...
