by waiter | Dec 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Over my many years writing about people who depend on gratuities aggrieved people, usually skinflints, have written in to tell me that if tipped workers don’t like the money they’re making they should endeavor to make alternate employment arrangements. But what really...
by waiter | Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’m sitting in the cigar shop again, basking in my post Today Show glory when Philo comes in to pick up a smoke on his way to work. “I got a six hundred dollar tip today,” he crows. “That’s great I say. “Congrats.” “That shit when right into my pocket.” “Righteous....
by waiter | Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
If you’re like me, you were horrified to watch that video of Clay Duke shooting up a school board meeting in Panama City, Florida. Ranting incoherently, Mr. Duke was shot by a security guard and then took his own life. Luckily no innocent people were killed. Of course...
by waiter | Dec 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Hey everybody. Sorry I’ve been away so long. Been busy. And I’m going to be talking to Matt Lauer on The Today Show tomorrow morning! Tune in around 8:30. Happy Holidays!
by waiter | Dec 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’m sitting in my cigar shop puffing on a Maduro when Philo, a doorman who works in an exclusive Upper West Side building, walks in. “Hey Philo,” I say. “How are the Christmas tips going?” “Jesus Christ,” he says. “The tenants are already starting to bitch about it.”...
by waiter | Nov 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
You have two things to do today. 1. Vote 2. Buy Keep the Change And not necessarily in that order! 🙂
by waiter | Oct 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’m at a McCormick and Schmick’s restaurant with a date. As we peruse the cocktail menu I see a drink that almost gives me an orgasm – a dirty Grey Goose martini with olives stuffed with blue cheese and bacon. “I’m so getting that,” I tell my date. “Vodka,...
by waiter | Oct 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’m standing in the middle of a corn maze in Chester, New Jersey and I’m pissed. “I hope you’re happy,” I say to my friend Alicia. “We’re lost.” “What’s the point of going to a corn maze if you don’t get lost?” she says. “That’s the fun part.” When a guy goes into a...
by waiter | Oct 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ll also be at these places! Wednesday, November 17th Barnes & Noble at Boston University Bookstore 660 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 7:00 PM Monday, November 22nd RJ Julia Booksellers 768 Boston Post Rd. Madison, Connecticut 7:00...
by waiter | Oct 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Keep the Change is coming out November 2nd and I’ll be hitting the road for a book tour. Here’s a list of the dates and places. If you can make it, I’d love to see you! Wednesday, November 03, 2010 07:30 PM BARNES & NOBLE 395 Route 3 E Clifton, NJ 07014 Thursday,...
