Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter

Waiter; Dublanica, Steve

ISBN 10: 1423370716 ISBN 13: 9781423370710

Publisher: Brilliance Audio, 2008

Synopsis

According to The Waiter, eighty percent of customers are nice people just looking for something to eat. The remaining twenty percent, however, are socially maladjusted psychopaths. WAITER RANT offers the server&;s unique point of view, replete with tales of customer stupidity, arrogant misbehavior, and unseen bits of human grace transpiring in the most unlikely places. Through outrageous stories, The Waiter reveals the secrets to getting good service, proper tipping etiquette, and how to keep him from spitting in your food. The Waiter also shares his ongoing struggle, at age thirty-eight, to figure out if he can finally leave the first job at which he&;s really thrived."The other shoe finally drops. The front-of-the-house version of Kitchen Confidential; a painfully funny, excruciatingly true-life account of the waiter&;s life. As useful as it is entertaining. You will never look at your waiter the same way again&;and will never tip less than 20%." --Anthony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential"I really enjoyed WAITER RANT. The book is engaging and funny, a story told from my polar opposite perspective. I will now do my best to act better as a Chef -- and I dare say, I&;ll never be rude to a waiter again, as long as I live."--John DeLucie, Chef of The Waverly Inn

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Review

."amusing and informative.along with the stories, some of which are hilarious, Dublanica provides useful advice for the customer...Waiter Rant is as delightful as it is irreverent." -- Washington Post Book World

."here is my unabashed recommendation: If you eat out with any regularity, read this book!" -- Chicago Sun-Times

"Extremely funny, no-nonsense and insightful." -- New York Times Book Review

."funny and touching." -- Chicago Tribune

funny and touching. --Chicago Tribune

."..amusing and informative...along with the stories, some of which are hilarious, Dublanica provides useful advice for the customer...Waiter Rant is as delightful as it is irreverent."--Washington Post Book World

"Extremely funny, no-nonsense and insightful."--New York Times Book Review

"Waiter Rant has all the fixings for fun....What Anthony Bourdain's tell-all about life in the kitchen did for Hollandaise sauce, Waiter Rant will do for side salads."--Los Angeles Times

."..funny and touching."--Chicago Tribune

"Fortunately, The Waiter (who has since outed himself as a chap called Steve Dublanica) does more in this book than get even; he provides thoughtful insights into how the restaurant business works."--Bloomberg News

Book Description

The real-life front of house story from an award-winning blogger

Edition details

• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1423370716
• ISBN 13: 9781423370710
• Binding: Audio CD