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• bitter waiter
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• Girl in the Weeds
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• Stuck Serving
• The Insane Waiter
• The only slightly cranky waitress
• The Thairade
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Archives

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So You Want to Be A Waiter

• Say it ain’t so, Kevin! November 5, 2009
    Kevin Spacey Blamed For Waiter’s Job Loss November 3rd, 2009 9:32am EST A waiter has blasted Kevin Spacey after he was fired for asking the actor’s pals not to smoke in a restaurant. Peter Turner has accused the American Beautyof  star of costing him his job at the Clarke Cooke House in Newport, Rhode Island, after friends violated state laws [ […]
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• Cookbook of the day – Hotter Than Hell November 5, 2009
  Hotter than Hell: hot and spicy dishes from around the world by Jane Butel Publisher: HP Trade; Revised edition (August 1, 1994) ISBN 10: 1557880964 ISBN 13: 978-1557880963 This is one of the original “spicy foods” cookbooks. Butel was a pioneer in the field and this cookbook is a foundation volume. She tends to limit the heat in her recipes, so […]
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• Top 100 things that a guest should try to avoid doing, #76 – 100 November 4, 2009
  And now, for the butt end of the list: 76. Don’t assume that we have ingredient X or dressing Y in the kitchen. No, my restaurant doesn’t have dashi. No, my restaurant doesn’t offer Green Goddess. I’m sorry. If you’ve brought your own green food coloring, I’d be happy to bring you some ranch if it [...]
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• More on the Sparks Steak House settlement November 3, 2009
  Waiters’ $3M beef Settle tip suit with famed steak house By DAREH GREGORIAN and DAN MANGAN Last Updated: 5:32 AM, October 23, 2009 Posted: 4:22 AM, October 23, 2009 Stick a fork in it — Sparks Steak House has settled a class-action lawsuit accusing the famed Midtown eatery of shorting waiters on tips for over $3 million. “What’re you […]
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• Top 100 things that a guest should try to avoid doing, #51 – 75 November 1, 2009
  51. Don’t take my pen. Even by accident. 52. If you present a coupon, don’t tip me on the discounted amount. The coupon is a discount on food, not service. 53. Don’t take out your frustrations on me if I have to follow a house policy. Especially when it comes to tip time. 54.  Don’t forget to ask [...]
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• Top 100 things that a guest should try to avoid doing, #26 – 50 October 31, 2009
  A continuation of my post from yesterday. 26. Don’t ask if I’m sure that the coffee is decaf. Why would you think I would tell you if I wasn’t sure? 27. And don’t follow that with the worn-out “If it’s not, I’m going to call you at 3am”. 28. Don’t lie about what you’ve ordered. I understand that [.. […]
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• Your waiter could be a lawyer October 31, 2009
  So remember, not only can you be served by your waiter, you could be served by your waiter. http://www.abajournal.com/news/tales_of_deferred_associates_your_waiter_could_be_a_lawyer
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• Where are the snarky Top Chef posts? October 31, 2009
  I know that some of you have been overwhelmed with grief over the screeching halt to my awesomely awesome and semi-acclaimed recaps of this season’s Top Chef episodes. It’s a long and torturous story of benign neglect, natural selection, Mother Nature’s revenge, and a horrible sense of ennui. Well, basically what happened was we had a huge […]
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• Top 100 things that a guest should try to avoid doing October 30, 2009
  This is a list of things that a guest should consider not doing (in no particular order). Note that these aren’t intended as absolutes – there are always exceptions to the rule depending on the type of restaurant that you are patronizing or special circumstances. Here are the first 25. Who knows? I might not [...]
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• 100 things that a restaurant staffer should never do (first 50) – from the New York Times October 30, 2009
  From The New York Times Small Business Section: October 29, 2009, 12:39 pm One Hundred Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (Part 1) By Bruce Buschel Herewith is a modest list of dos and don’ts for servers at the seafood restaurant I am building. Veteran waiters, moonlighting actresses, libertarians and baristas will no doubt [...]
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Recent Posts

• Say it ain’t so, Kevin!
• Cookbook of the day – Hotter Than Hell
• Top 100 things that a guest should try to avoid doing, #76 – 100
• More on the Sparks Steak House settlement
• Top 100 things that a guest should try to avoid doing, #51 – 75

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