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Waiter Rant by Steve Dublanica

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Waiter Rant

Thanks for the Tip--confessions of a Cynical Waiter

Steve Dublanica

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 13, 2009

Reading lane: The Food Business

According to The Waiter, eighty percent of customers are nice people just looking for something to eat.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Behind the Table

Restaurant life, seen from the server’s side, mixes outrageous behavior with unexpected human grace.

Come here for

  • Outlandish customer behavior and fleeting kindness
  • The unvarnished etiquette of service and tipping

Expect

  • Pointers on tipping, good service, and keeping your meal intact
  • A working server’s unresolved question about what comes next

Book Details

Authors
Steve Dublanica
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
October 13, 2009
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
The Food Business · Food Travel
Reading lane
The Food Business

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Publisher Categories

  • Personal Memoirs

  • The Food Business

  • Cooking for One

  • Food Writing & Memoir

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  • Slow Cooking

About This Book

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...

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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 truly thrived.

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