by waiter | Oct 26, 2007 | Uncategorized
“Where does it hurt?” I ask the young woman lying in the street. “My leg,” she groans. “Anywhere else?” “My side,” the girl says, wincing. She’s having trouble talking. “Can you breathe?” I ask. “Not much,” she gasps. “It hurts when…..” “Lie still,” I say, trying to...
by waiter | Oct 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
It’s Sunday afternoon and I’m walking through the neighborhood where I used to work. When I pass by The Bistro’s front window I take a peek inside. A waiter I don’t know is standing in my old section and talking to customers I don’t recognize. As I watch the server’s...
by waiter | Oct 18, 2007 | Uncategorized
Waiter, I have a question for you. While it’s not in regards to the restaurant industry, it has to do with the bar business. And, you guessed it, tipping. Within the last two years, I’ve developed some severe medical problems, mainly claustrophobia and agoraphobia,...
by waiter | Oct 5, 2007 | Uncategorized
I’m feeling a little stiff so I roll my shoulders to dispel the tension bunching my trapezius muscles. Then I take a deep breath, insert a magazine full of nine millimeter bullets into the butt of a Sig Sauer semi-automatic pistol, rack the slide to chamber a round,...
by waiter | Sep 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
It’s Tuesday and I’m doing laundry at the laundromat. Instead of watching my dirty clothes agitate and soap inside an industrial strength washing machine I decide to run some errands. I return library books, refill a prescription, buy stamps, and mail out bills. Then...
by waiter | Sep 28, 2007 | Uncategorized
As many of you know, Waiter Rant has been a mess since November of 2006. After an upgrade to the blogging software that runs this site, posts went missing, months of archived material were lost, and the character formatting was jumbled to the point where many of my...
by waiter | Sep 27, 2007 | Uncategorized
I won the 2007 Bloggies Award for Best Writing of a Weblog. Many thanks to my fans, supporters, and everyone who voted for my website. I’m truly honored! Now I’m going to pop open that bottle of Veuve Clicquot I’ve been saving! Cheers!
by waiter | Sep 26, 2007 | Uncategorized
Dear Waiter Once in a while I like to bring a bottle of wine that I saved for a special occasion with me to a nice restaurant. I always do the requisite things: Check to see if the restaurant allows this, check the price of corkage, and tip generously for wine...
by waiter | Sep 25, 2007 | Uncategorized
Dear Waiter: Your latest “Ask the Waiter” item about the lingering diners makes sense. However, on more than a few occasions I’ve found it almost impossible to get a check from my server. I’d think he/she’d be anxious for me and my wife to leave so a new party can be...
by waiter | Sep 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
Dear Waiter: My girlfriend and I had a romantic dinner at a fancy restaurant last night. We had such a wonderful time that we stayed for four hours. The service was good and I tipped the waiter 20%. This morning I felt out of sorts about the tip. Since my girlfriend...
