by waiter | Dec 7, 2004 | Uncategorized
It’s the day after Thanksgiving – Black Friday. The bistro is crazy busy. Almost every chair has an ass warming it. The few tables we have left are reserved for reservations. Countless walk-ins, holiday shoppers laden with packages, are being turned away. My...
by waiter | Dec 4, 2004 | Uncategorized
It’s a slow Friday night. I’m reciting the specials on autopilot to a middle aged couple. They look bored and impatient. It’s a long list. Just as I get around to the lamb shank, Claude, one of the dozen homeless people who frequent our neighborhood, stops in front of...
by waiter | Nov 29, 2004 | Uncategorized
You know I’m only human. I’ve got my ex-girlfriend packing up her stuff around me. It’s a tense and very sad time in my life. What I perceived as a nasty and gratuitous comment comes in from out of the blue and I lashed back. Sue me. I wasn’t upset because the writer...
by waiter | Nov 29, 2004 | Uncategorized
I like to link to waiter oriented websites that I find funny or interesting. When I provide a link I write the proprietor of that website, tell them about the link, and ask of they would link to my site in return. Just a couple of bloggers trying to increase traffic...
by waiter | Nov 29, 2004 | Uncategorized
ShamelessRestaurants.com has stories about restaurant working conditions in NYC. Before you accept a job – check the place’s rep at this site. Good work guys! Another interesting site is Customers Suck Journal. Worth a look. More anger to be found at...
by waiter | Nov 28, 2004 | Uncategorized
There’s a rumor floating on the internet that President Bush’s twin daughters walked into Freemans restaurant in New York City and asked for a table. The maitre d’ reportedly replied that they “were full and would be for the next 4 years.” The entire restaurant...
by waiter | Nov 25, 2004 | Uncategorized
Louis, our token gay waiter, dreams of opening his own restaurant someday. Fairly fluent in French, an excellent cook in his own right, a superb waiter with over twenty years experience in the business, he has a better chance than most. Money, however, is a problem....
by waiter | Nov 25, 2004 | Uncategorized
Happy Thanksgiving! If you go out to eat today –tip heavy!
by waiter | Nov 23, 2004 | Uncategorized
I posted an ad for the book ScamBible a few days ago and a reader sent me a comment that I think needs to be addressed. “So what have I, a frequent restaurant diner who almost always tips 20-25%, done to deserve being systematically “scammed” by my waiter...
by waiter | Nov 21, 2004 | Uncategorized
The girl on table twenty-six is shockingly beautiful and she knows it. Blonde, about thirty, she has a kick ass body and a face more beautiful than the all dreams of pornography. The poor bastard she’s with is smitten. I can tell it’s a first date. He’s way over...
