Waiter Rant

Thanks for the Tip - Confessions of a Cynical Waiter

By: Steve Dublanica

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's summary

According to The Waiter, 80 percent of customers are nice people just looking for something to eat. The remaining 20 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 38, to figure out if he can finally leave the first job at which he's really thrived.

Public Domain (P)2008 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"The other shoe finally drops. The front-of-the-house version of Kitchen Confidential; a painfully funny, excruciatingly true-life account of the waiter's life. As useful as it is entertaining." (Anthony Bourdain)
"I really enjoyed Waiter Rant. The book is engaging and funny, a story told from my polar opposite perspective." (John DeLucie, chef of The Waverly Inn)

great perspective on restaurant business

I greatly enjoyed the book and perspective we don't usually hear from the restaurant business. Gives me a little more appreciation for service industry. Plus, it was a great comic at times through the book.

Good insights, clever delivery.

I like books like this - zeroed in on a subject, not trying to contain the whole "sturm und drang" of a life in a few hundred pages. However, the story did rather deflate in the middle, as though the writer/waiter was flummoxed after the initial setup in a "what do I do now?" sort of way.

I love the book name and writer's name, though I could have done without his frequent identification of women by their hair color - eg a "brunette" or a "redhead". I thought this kind of parlance had disappeared by now, and it seemed too retro and sexist when compared to the contemporary feeling of the story.

Still a good read, though!

Fun, philisophical and just plain great

This was one of the best audiobooks I've listened to. The waiter has a charming way of mixing personal anecdotes with human observation, philosophy and psychology. The naration was near perfect: clear, well-paced and interesting.

Highly Entertaining!

I truly enjoyed this book. Books that give a different perspective into everyday life are among my favorites. All of us have dealt with waiters but few of us know what it is like to be on the other side of the check. This book was informative, entertaining and amusing.

Good book

YOu can understand a lot of the restaurant business from this book, there is. Lot that happens behind the curtains that this books explains, you will never go to a restaurant the same way as before.

GOOD INSIDER INFO

I liked it, but am disappointed because I thought it would be funny and it wasn???t ??? sure it was entertaining, but no LOL moments for me. I think if you???ve worked in the restaurant business, you???d appreciate it much more because it???s full of ???insider??? ???nod-your-head-in-agreement??? information. I???d recommend it to anyone in ???the bizz???.

Great Reading, Story may be Odd for Non-Waiters

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would suggest this book to a friend, as a friend did to me. However the story line may be hard for non-waiters to relate to.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Waiter Rant?

One chapter is about the restaurant nearly going under. It was amazing. My heart was racing the whole time.

What about Dan John Miller’s performance did you like?

He was great. His Latino accent may have been a little bit, cartoon-y.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, it was a bit too long with this and is written in such a way that it is a series of vignettes that can be listened to at your leisure.

Steve, you're a funny guy!

Great book, it was very enlightening and entertaining. This is similar to Kitchen Confidential in it's whit and mind blowing truth.

Hysterically funny insight

Laughed out loud as I listened to Waiter Rant. Great content as we live through the life of a waiter in NYC.

Entertaining and educational

This book wants me to meet the writer!
Excellent writing and amusing narration.