waiters
It’s Hard to Enjoy Going Out to Dinner When You’re a Chef
I don't think of myself as a demanding person, but since I work in a kitchen, I simply know the way certain things need to be prepared. If I don't think something tastes good at a restaurant, I’ll let them know. I’m paying for it, right?
It’s Official, No One Really Likes Using iPads to Order in Restaurants
A new report has found that most of us are pretty ambivalent about technology in restaurants, with 37 percent of British adults saying they prefer to eat out in a tech-free environment.
This Is Why You Should Never Reach Under a Scottish Waiter’s Kilt
A group of male waiters from the city of Inverness has gone on strike, complaining about being constantly groped by horny female clientele. The sexual harassment tables have turned.
The Banana Hammock-Wearing Rollerblader Who Disrupted Lunch Service
Every summer, the restaurants in downtown Sarasota, Florida go on a hiring freeze. Luckily one café—run by a husband and wife duo—always kept a few positions open. But it was the banana hammock-wearing rollerblader who shook things up for both the...
Some Cafés in the South of France Are Run Like the Mafia
Aix-en-Provence has a bit of a Mafia problem and it bleeds into the way its cafés have been run for over a century. We spoke to a waiter who spends his time stuffing cash into envelopes for anonymous men in suits and ignoring tourists.
Reasons Why Paris Is the Worst Place Ever
There are things I’d rather do than worry about not being cosmopolitan enough, like making sure I can afford some kind of sustenance after handing my landlord Bermuda’s national debt in rent every single month.
Charging Your Cellphone at a Restaurant Is Rude
Modern technology has completely revolutionized the dining experience in a myriad of positive ways. But please, stop asking us to charge your cell phones in the restaurant or bar.
Homophobia Still Exists in Certain Parts of the Restaurant Industry
Anyone who's worked in the service industry will know it can bring out the best or worst in a person, and that it breeds a certain type of humor. If you're different, though, you can find yourself becoming the butt of the joke far too often.
People Don't Know How to Order in Restaurants Anymore
The art of politely and intelligently ordering food is as lost an art as the notion of manners in our modern era.
Pan-Asian Hulkamania
At the beginning of the millennium, I was a waiter at the ultimate pan-Asian restaurant in Times Square. I got to see a shitload of amazing things, but nothing compared to the night that "Hulkamania" took over the restaurant dining room.
Pan-Asian Hulkamania
At the beginning of the millennium, I was a waiter at the ultimate pan-Asian restaurant in Times Square. I got to see a shitload of amazing things, but nothing compared to the night that "Hulkamania" took over the restaurant dining room.