by waiter | Nov 2, 2004 | Uncategorized
A loyal reader wrote and asked, “What items should a good waiter carry with them at all times?” Since many reading this blog are getting their jobs outsourced to China and may end up doing what I do (Heavens forefend!), I’ve decided to share a little...
by waiter | Oct 31, 2004 | Uncategorized
Saturday. 5:30pm. The phone rings. “Hello, The Bistro, how may I help you?” “I want a reservation at 7:30.” a gruff cell distorted voice barks. “How many in your party?” I reply sweetly. “Two.” I can hear car horns honking in the background “Let me see what’s...
by waiter | Oct 29, 2004 | Uncategorized
I am standing by a table, patiently waiting, while a woman mulls over the menu for the umpteenth time. They’ve been sitting for forty-five minutes, drunken two rounds of martinis, and I’ve repeated the specials five times. The other guests, fidgeting with the...
by waiter | Oct 28, 2004 | Uncategorized
I am waiting on a table of Europeans, Germans to be exact, and they’re busy trashing the good old US of A. When you wait tables you might as well be wearing an invisibility cloak because customers talk like you’re not even there. These guys didn’t care I’m standing...
by waiter | Oct 27, 2004 | Uncategorized
Some of you are looking at that PayPal donation button and thinking, “Great, another sellout.” What the hell else did you expect? I’m a waiter. I live on tips. If you throw me a buck that would be great. If you don’t that’s fine too. I...
by waiter | Oct 26, 2004 | Uncategorized
You know celebrity is an interesting thing. Why are we so interested in their lives, what they wear, who they sleep with? What gives them their “power?” I mean you have to admit we live in a celebrity obsessed culture. Just look at the J-Lo/Affleck shitstorm. John...
by waiter | Oct 25, 2004 | Uncategorized
If you work in a restaurant and can’t get laid you have a problem. Think about it. You are surrounded by young, mostly unattached people, in a high stress close contact situation where alcohol is plentiful. Hooking up is not only inevitable – it’s endemic to the...
by waiter | Oct 23, 2004 | Uncategorized
It’s Friday night and I’m waiting on some real assholes. Two middle aged couples, so busy bad mouthing absent friends, I wonder what they say about one another in private. So animated is this little hate fest that I’m shooed away every time I approach the table....
by waiter | Oct 22, 2004 | Uncategorized
A friend emailed me this. I just had to post it here! A timeless lesson on how consultants can make a difference for an organization… Last week, we took some friends out to a new restaurant, and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his...
by waiter | Oct 22, 2004 | Uncategorized
Ok, some waiters are pigs……… Waiter has sex with underage girl – Story here. …….and some of us need anger management classes. Waiter accused of vandalizing home Man those waiters at Sizzler are mean...
