Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter (P.S.)
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (691 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061256692 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Such is the case with Steve Dublanica, a seminary dropout and laid-off psychiatric worker who, in 2004, started WaiterRant, blogging as The Waiter. Dan John Miller is pitch perfect not only as the Waiter—who devolves from woebegone rookie into jaded veteran—but also as his customers, co-workers, bosses and brother. His brutal observations on waiting tables at an upscale restaurant he called The Bistro (outed as Lanterna Tuscan Bistro in Nyack, N.Y.) are expanded in this entertaining audio. Miller's performance is enthralling during passages in which he reveals his crippling self-doubt, overwhelming sense of underachievement and acknowledgment that he's become somewhat of a jerk. 28). All rights reserved. .
Needs a little more cooking (editing) Mec Dublanica sees every person -- customers, coworkers, restaurant owners, movie stars -- as a human being with human motives and foibles. He does spend a lot of time skewering them, but with occasional flashes of warm sympathy. He is also unsparing in self-analysis.On the negative side: the chapters become repetitious and tedious, particularly the stream of irritating customers (although maybe Dublanica is subtly chronicling his increasing disenchantment with the job -- the customers aren't getting ruder with time; he's burning out). This book would be bett. Absolutely Awful. I want my 2 hours back. I choked this book down until the 12th chapter. I can almost see the author with a thesaurus nearby as he wrote this disjointed mess of a book as he raced to use $.10 words when $.02 words would be much, much better. The mark of any lame writeruse words outside normal use to make himself appear smarter than he is. He states how many people are judgemental as he proceeds to judge everyone within this book. He took stories that could have been good and butchered them to death while trying to convince us all he wasn't gay. Which as you know means.He mentions. Michael T. said Best Waiting Book Ever Written. Either you or someone you know has made statements like, "everyone should work in the restaurant industry at some point in their life," or "they should make a sitcom about that restaurant." Well, after reading this you will know why they say that.Being a waiter is an occupation that seemingly everyone can do, but why is there such high turnover? What could be complicated about bringing me the thing that I ordered? Why is it not considered "a real job?"There are politics and dynamics that only exist in this world. Pick up the book and you will have a bette
According to The Waiter, 80 percent of customers are nice people just looking for something to eat. The remaining 20 percent, however, are socially maladjusted psychopaths.Eye-opening, outrageous, and unabashed—replete with tales of customer stupidity, arrogant misbehavior, and unseen tidbits of human grace in the most unlikely places—Waiter Rant presents the server's unique point of view, revealing surefire secrets to getting good service, proper tipping etiquette, and ways to ensur