by waiter | Oct 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
(Possible Spoiler Alert!) It’s ten o’clock at night and I’m leaving the movie theater with my friend Mike. It’s Mike’s 37th birthday so I liberated him from his wife and infant son and took him out for beers and a movie. After consuming greasy man food and a pitcher...
by waiter | Oct 5, 2008 | Uncategorized
I often buy things for myself out of shame. I bought a new couch only when it became obvious that my musty, sagging, slip covered old one was about to achieve sentience. When I realized that I’d be in public promoting my book I finally decided to replace the worn, ill...
by waiter | Oct 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here are two fun interviews I did for The Street.com and WNBC. Many thanks to Gregg Greenberg and Jillian Kreitzman for making it look easy!
by waiter | Sep 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’m very happy to announce that the good people at BermanBraun, an independent production company, have optioned Waiter Rant for development as a television series. My deep thanks to Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun for their faith in the material I’ve created and their...
by waiter | Sep 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’m very happy to announce that I will be writing another book for Ecco! Titled At Your Service, I’ll be going “undercover” to investigate the dynamics of tipping across the service industry. And I won’t just be writing about waiters mind you, but nail technicians,...
by waiter | Sep 20, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’m lying sideways on a gurney in the radiology department of my local hospital. My bloated abdomen glistening with ultrasound jelly, I feel like a beached whale leaking ambergris. “Take a deep breath and hold it,” the ultrasound technician says, pressing the...
