false 30397598 126374 2187270 0061256684 9780061256684 422 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/21/270/2187270-m-1255575655.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/21/270/2187270-s-1255575655.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187270.Waiter_Rant_Thanks_for_the_Tip_Confessions_of_a_Cynical_Waiter 3.42 1480 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.

]]> 991777 3.42 1532 443 2008 2 7 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 15:05:34 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 21:08:57 -0700 2008 Kitchen Confidential . While superfically, they both concern themselves with working in a restaurant, that is where the similarities end. While Bourdain uses his mystery-noir style writing to tell a gripp...more...]]>