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...
by waiter | Sep 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Sorry I haven’t been posting lately. My life has been very busy with professional and personal activities. In fact I’m heading down to Philadelphia today to do a TV show and a radio interview! Then I’m speaking at the Brooklyn Book Festival this...
by waiter | Aug 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
My book has been on the NYT Bestseller List for a month! Who would’ve figured? Also, here’s a little press I did with Playboy.com and the Chicago Tribune. I’m also honored to be have been invited as a panelist at the Brooklyn Book Festival on...
by waiter | Aug 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
It’s early evening and I’m in the backseat of a limousine driving through Central Park. I’ve just finished a television interview and my driver’s taking me back to my girlfriend’s place in Harlem. Growing up middle class, being chauffeured in a limo usually...
by waiter | Aug 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
Hey everyone. A few quick updates! My nephew loves the book. And he can’t even read! I got a little love from Forbes.com. Very cool! Waiter Rant is now in it’s sixth printing! Waiter Rant is on the New York Times Bestseller List for a third week....
by waiter | Aug 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
I wish someone had warned me that some people would automatically assume I’m an authority on the craft of writing just because I’ve written a book. Several people have shoved manuscripts into my hands and asked for my advice. I’m not qualified to...
by waiter | Aug 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
It’s eleven o’clock in the morning and I’m walking towards the intersection of Spring Street and Sixth Avenue in SoHo. It’s a hot, humid day and sweat is already starting to soak though my polo shirt and khaki pants. Normally I wear t-shirts,...
by waiter | Aug 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
The second sentence in the preface to my book Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip — Confessions of a Cynical Waiter contains a four-letter word. No, not the usual F-bomb or scatological epithet you’d expect from a harried, ill-tempered server about to drop a bolus...
by waiter | Aug 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip – Confessions of a Cynical Waiter will spend another week on the New York Times Bestseller List. We even went up a notch! How cool is that?
