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Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip - Confessions of a Cynical Waiter Audiobook (Unabridged)
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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.
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 38, to figure out if he can finally leave the first job at which he's really thrived.
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"Pretty interesting view on the restaurant world. I think twice about how I act towards the wait staff now. This book was fast and interesting to read but the end didn't go by as quickly for me. But I still liked it....I hope I'm not one of those pesky customers that complain too much!"
— eliza (4 out of 5 stars)
Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip - Confessions of a Cynical Waiter (Unabridged) Listener Reviews
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" An easy read, but that's because I could jump over the 75% that was covered by Debra Ginsberg's (far superior) Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress. What's left are fun anecdotes and annoying bits of the author's story (boy loses job, boy becomes waiter, boy bemoans waiter on blog, boy of escaping waiter-dom via blog, mere existence of book gives away the ending). "
— Devon, 2/5/2014 -
" Pretty good book, I never had the thought of 'when is it over' or chasing the ending. Entertaining with some incites gained. I recommend reading it. :) I can't wait to read his other books. "
— Steph, 2/4/2014 -
" Aptly titled, it is just as its name would suggest: a waiter rants about what life inside a restaurant is really like. He talks about cheap tippers, obnoxious behavior, intra-restaurant scandal, and yes, things they do to your food. It was mildly entertaining, got a bit long in places, but it was funny. Starts out pretty raunchy, so be forewarned. He started it as an anonymous blog, but then got himself a book deal. Inspirational in that regard, if not in any others. "
— Spencer, 1/31/2014 -
" So, so funny. Anyone who's ever worked in the service industry - restaurants especially, but also retails, will appreciate this book. "
— Laurel, 1/10/2014 -
" I've always enjoyed snarky comments about poor customers, so I thought this would be amusing. And while it was fairly interesting, I also spent far too much of it thinking how joyless this guy was - I never figured out why he didn't quit as soon as he had the opportunity if he hated it that much. "
— Stephanie, 1/10/2014 -
" Excellent! Inside view of the restaurant world - plus the author has a great writing style. "
— Chrissie, 10/19/2013 -
" Very readable memoir of one waiter's experiences slinging expensive food to ungrateful customers. Not super great, but satisfying and enjoyable; I could hardly put it down. "
— Beth, 7/25/2013 -
" I would enjoyed it more if it had been solely about the author's interactions with his diners and not so much about his personal life, which I thought was totally boring. "
— Megan, 2/20/2013 -
" Eerily similar to my life right now... "
— Charlie, 12/4/2012 -
" More than a confessional, Waiter Rant gives good insight into the philosophical, emotional, and financial persepective of those who wait on others for a living. "
— Diana, 11/28/2012 -
" Fun and interesting story of the behind the scenes workings in a restaurant, some of which you probably don't want to know. As much a personal story of growth an discovery by this author. "
— Jed, 9/21/2012