Sorry... the kitchen is closed.

[RestaurantDude]

I haven't read the book yet (it's on my list, i just haven't gotten 'round to buying it).

[morgana]

Not waitstaff, but I read Waiter Rant daily. His book's good, too.

[RestaurantDude]

just curious. how many of you that are wait persons read Waiter Rant? One of my favorite blogs.

I do! I do!

[Teskeria]

just curious. how many of you that are wait persons read Waiter Rant? One of my favorite blogs.

[Peppergirl]

The rare occasions I've been in a restaurant until closing (generally going for drinks after work), I've always added a couple extra bucks to my part of the tip. And I usually tip 20% to begin with.

Then you would have been in the category of my cool regulars, who tipped me extra to let them seat late.

[Jester]

I have actually said TO CUSTOMERS who used that line, "Good customers are always right, but trust me, customers are NOT always right. And bad customers are RARELY right."

Yet another reason why I love working in a bar. Very few people want to argue with the guy providing them with their libations! (See my sig below....)

[Tito]

"The customer is always right!"

My mom said that to me once.

Arrgggghhhh!!!!!! My mother's said that to me, too! I tried to tell her that line absolutely is NOT true, have given her examples of when they are NOT right, but still will not see things the way I do.

Hopefully one day, I will be able to make her see the light.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I don't know if other waitstaff/bartenders have experienced this, but when I was serving, the one's that came in late were (with very few exceptions) high-maintainence, rude and tipped badly.

The rare occasions I've been in a restaurant until closing (generally going for drinks after work), I've always added a couple extra bucks to my part of the tip. And I usually tip 20% to begin with.

[Peppergirl]

I don't know if other waitstaff/bartenders have experienced this, but when I was serving, the one's that came in late were (with very few exceptions) high-maintainence, rude and tipped badly.

There were a few regulars that I had that were just ditzy when it came to time, and I never minded them coming late because they'd always make it worth my while. Unfortunately, these people were an EXTREME minority.

I think people who walk into a restaurant right before closing time are inconsiderate shitbags, for the most part.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I feel for the OP; when I used to work for the pizza place, there'd nearly always be on a weekend night a clueless moron or two who'd either walk in or call in with an extremely complicated order five minutes before we closed. I know that it's different from working in a restaurant, but believe me, it's just as irritating when all you want to do is just go home, eat and go to bed and instead you're stuck making some selfish SC's damn food order. -.-

[Peppergirl]

But....is it any GOOD? I.e., is it worth our effort, or will we just want to wring the moviemakers' collective necks for wasting our time and money?

Saw it a couple of weeks ago. As in MOST sequels, kinda 'eh'. Not nearly as good as the first, but a few funny scenes that were a call back to the original.

[Jester]

Which is why I refuse to see the movie. My husband said the same thing, and I've heard enough horror stories from his kitchen jobs. I'd like to keep what little blissful ignorance I have left.

It's actually quite funny and would fit in rather well with the general them of "customers are idiots" that we have going on here so often.

Does that include the penis showing game?

While I have never experienced that particular game myself, and rather doubted its existence, chalking it up to creative license on the part of the moviemakers, several of my colleagues have told me that not only does that game exist, they have actually worked at places where it was an ongoing thing. Maybe I am just lucky, I guess.

For all you fans of "Waiting..." I can tell you there was actually a sequel made called "Still Waiting" - it was a direct-to-DVD release, but it's out there.

But....is it any GOOD? I.e., is it worth our effort, or will we just want to wring the moviemakers' collective necks for wasting our time and money?

[VComps]

For all you fans of "Waiting..." I can tell you there was actually a sequel made called "Still Waiting" - it was a direct-to-DVD release, but it's out there

And CRML - the crazy chick in question is Naomi. (Who's been working here waaaaaaay too long.)

[Kagato]

"The customer is always right!"

And my response to that common line (though I have never said it to a customers face for obvious reasons, though I have thought it to myself several times...)

"The customer is NOT always right. Often the customer is a clueless moron. If this comment offends you, chances are you ARE that moron."

=p

[Primer]

The two erect penis' had names? What were they, Rod and Johnson?

Actually, since I know only their real names, let's just call them Richard and William (Dick and Willy).