by waiter | Mar 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
The Internet is a truly wondrous place. Without it I never would’ve started Waiter Rant, gotten noticed and become an author. So I guess I’m indebted to Vinton Cerf and all the people who made this amazing web of communication and ideas possible. And to think the...
by waiter | Mar 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s midnight and I’m in the drive thru lane of a Burger King. I just came back from picking up Buster from his “doggy mama” and I’m famished. “Hello and welcome to Burger King,” a staticy voice says though the drive thru intercom. “What would you like to...
by waiter | Mar 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’m driving down a hill in Southern California. It’s a warm sunny day and as the sea-scented breeze caresses my face I see a black man standing on a street corner holding an assault rifle. And when I say a black man I don’t mean an African-American. I mean a void, a...
by waiter | Mar 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
A little ditty about servers from CNN. Enjoy!
by waiter | Mar 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’m sitting in my room typing away on my laptop when suddenly I hear tires screeching outside my house. “I fucking hate niggers!” a male voice screams. “I fucking hate them!” I leap out of my chair and run to the window. My first thought is some black guy walking down...
by waiter | Mar 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
I stumbled across an interesting blog called Becoming Jennie. It’s written by a young woman named Jennifer Ketchum who used to be an adult actress and is now trying to build a brand new life. When I read it I thought of Peter Gabriel’s classic song. Check the site...
by waiter | Mar 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s Saturday evening and my friend Lana and I are tooling around the Lower East Side looking for a place to eat. Since it’s eight o’clock on the busiest restaurant night of the week we know we have a snowball’s chance in hell getting a table anywhere soon. “How about...
by waiter | Mar 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
There was a recent article in the New York Times entitled “Hey Waiter! Just How Much Extra Do You Really Expect?” In it the author, David Sax, just regurgitates the ignorant and curmudgeonly responses certain people have always had towards tipping. So read the...
by waiter | Feb 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s Tuesday and I’m in Home Depot looking for a Torx screwdriver. The reason I need such a device is to tighten the pivot screw on a pocketknife I purchased over the Internet. For what I paid for it, the knife should have come perfectly tuned. But such is life....
by waiter | Feb 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Hi everybody. I’m not dead. But I’ve been very busy wrapping up my next book and that’s been consuming ALL my time. When it’s all over I’ll probably go to a desert island where they’ve never heard of tipping and sleep for two...
