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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip - Confessions of a Cynical Waiterby: Steve Dublanica  List Price: $39.25 Amazon.com's Price: $29.83 You Save: $9.42 (24%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Audio CDDewey Decimal Number: 647.95068 EAN: 9781423370734 Edition: Library Format: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN: 1423370732 Label: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed Manufacturer: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed Number Of Items: 1 Publication Date: August 01, 2008 Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed Release Date: July 29, 2008 Studio: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Nice Enough, but the Blog is BetterI've been a loyal reader of Waiter's blog for a long time now, and I'm a real fan of his work. As such, I was excited to read the book, and to contribute to someone who I feel has been producing really excellent content for years. That said, I was honestly disappointing. The book seemed to contain a lot more stories and confessions more suited for a therapist than readers. Sure, I care about this man, but I was hoping for entertainment and the occasional thought-provoking anecdote, the ... Read More Rating: - for people who want more than the blogI don't read blogs much. I feel like it's cheap voyeurism but I loved the waiter rant blog. I'd recommend reading the blog BEFORE you get the book. You really get to know the writer much better and you see how he grows as a person and improves his writing. I enjoyed the book, but if I hadn't read the blog I probably would have given the book three stars instead of four. Rating:  - Would not recommendI read this immediately after Kitchen Confidential. If I was to give that book 4 or 5 stars, then all I can give this one is 2 (at most). I was expecting RANTING from a waiter about customers, cooks, GM's, and examples of funny, sad, thought-provoking, disgusting, loving, crushing, etc. episodes. They were there, but in between the lines. This book reads more like an intelligent, thoughtful memoir of a 38 year old man looking for definition who happens to be a waiter. It should be entitled ... Read More Rating: - a quick, interesting read but I was hoping for something elseI was hoping for more of the inside story of the restaurant business, especially with Anthony Bordain's review of the book on the cover "a front of the house version of Kitchen Confidential." Waiter Rant is much more about this anonymous waiter and this specific restaurant and less about the business as a whole. Unlike Bordain, "The Waiter" really hasn't experienced restaurants other than The Bistro which limits his insight. The one positive this gives him is a perspective on the comings and goings of ... Read More Rating: - A fascinating readIn "Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter," Steve Dublanica chronicled his life working as a waiter in a high end restaurant. The author wrote about the challenges of being a waiter, with its irregular hours, inconsistent pay, and the difficulties of satisfying customers. This read like a memoir, and the author started the book by explaining how he became a professional waiter. It was a fascinating read for me as the author provided gossips and information from the ... Read More 
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