by waiter | Nov 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
There was a recent post on Gawker featuring an email written by Vadim Ponorovsky, the owner of Paradou, a restaurant in the Meatpacking district, taking his employees to task for not collecting email addresses from his patrons so he could add them to some kind of...
by waiter | Nov 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
After getting hundreds of emails from readers about a couple in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania who got arrested for not leaving a tip I decided I had better say something about it. The first thing everyone should realize is there’s a difference between a “service...
by waiter | Nov 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
I’ve interviewed several massage therpaists for my book but I’ve yet to avial myself of their services. So if you’re a licensed massage therapist in the Metro NYC area and would like to be interviwed for my book while giving me a rubdown please email...
by waiter | Nov 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
If you ever worked for gratuities you’ve felt the compulsion to seek revenge against bad tippers, I know I did. Sometimes I crossed the line. While I never enhanced a patron’s entree with my DNA I lost reservations, told customers that their credit cards...
by waiter | Nov 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
Here we go again! 100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (Part 2) By BRUCE BUSCHEL This is the second half of the 100 do’s and don’ts from last week’s post. Again, this list is for one particular restaurant, mine, which is under construction in Bridgehampton,...
by waiter | Nov 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
This is an actual check from Nello’s restaurant in New York City. $47,221.09! Goddamn! Talk about living large. Of course everybody’s wondering who got to keep that $7328.20 tip! (Did you notice it was calculated pre-tax?) As a former waiter I knew no...
by waiter | Nov 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Hey everybody. I’ll be on The Today Show with Kathie Lee and Hoda between 10 and 10:30 (EST) this morning. My second time on Today! Here’s the link to the video!
by waiter | Nov 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
There’s been a rumor floating around the internet for some time that Oprah Winfrey once said, referring to the depressed state of the economy, that “It’s okay to tip 10%.” After receiving countless emails on this subject I thought I’d put...
by waiter | Oct 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
There was an entry in today’s “You’re the Boss” blog on the New York Times website entitled “One Hundred Things Restaurant Staffers should never do. (Part 1).” Oh man, I just had this rip a new one. My responses are in italics. ONE...
by waiter | Oct 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
It’s 7:00 AM and I’m running late for work. It’s my fault of course. I didn’t get much sleep last night and the snooze bar on my alarm clock was too tempting to pass up. When I finally achieved consciousness I realized I had only half an hour...
