Synopses & Reviews
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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"If you've ever worked in food service, Waiter Rant will make you smile with rueful recognition; if you haven't, the book may change your restaurant manners or...stop you from ever eating out again." Very Short List
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"A heartfelt, irreverent look at the underbelly of fine dining." Kirkus Reviews
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“The main attraction here is [Dublanicas] acerbic, biting and often hilarious accounts of life behind the scenes at the front of the house.” Wall Street Journal
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"…here is my unabashed recommendation: If you eat out with any regularity, read this book!" Chicago Sun-Times
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"…funny and touching." Chicago Tribune
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"Anyone that has ever eaten in a restaurant is going to want to grab [this book]." Matt Lauer, The Today Show
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"Lucky for the reader, The Waiter has kept his eyes open and is willing to gossip about what he has seen from the other side of the menu." Tampa Tribune
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"For enlightenment on how to handle such situations, I reached out to The Waiter. You know, the New York City-based guy who created the wildly entertaining Waiter Rant blog, which is now a cannot-put-it-down book." Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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"Extremely funny, no-nonsense and insightful." New York Times Book Review
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"…amusing and informative…along with the stories, some of which are hilarious, Dublanica provides useful advice for the customer...Waiter Rant is as delightful as it is irreverent." Washington Post Book World
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"Writing a best-seller is a big deal, and the Waiter deserves a 20% tip for serving up such a fun summer read." Forbes.com
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"The front-of-the-house version of Kitchen Confidential; a painfully funny, excruciatingly true-life account of the waiters life. As useful as it is entertaining." Anthony Bourdain
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"Waiter Rant has all the fixings for fun....What Anthony Bourdains tell-all about life in the kitchen did for Hollandaise sauce, Waiter Rant will do for side salads." Los Angeles Times
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"Fortunately, The Waiter (who has since outed himself as a chap called Steve Dublanica) does more in this book than get even; he provides thoughtful insights into how the restaurant business works." Bloomberg News
Synopsis
Based on the award-winning blog, Waiter Rant tells the story from the server's point of view, replete with tales of customer stupidity, arrogance, and misbehavior.
About the Author
The Waiter waited his first table at age thirty-one. In 2004 the author started his wildly popular blog, www.WaiterRant.net, winning the 2006 "Best Writing in a Weblog" Bloggie Award. He is interviewed regularly by major media as the voice for many of the two million waiters in the United States. The Waiter lives in the New York metropolitan area.