Waiting

by Bruce Griffin Henderson

It's the best of times. It's the worst of times. It's mealtime. The smiling person taking your order may once have been a wannabe actor, struggling artist, or a hardworking student, but at the moment he's probably just concerned with maintaining his sanity.
For the past eighteen years, Bruce Henderson has made his living waiting tables, and now he's blowing the lid off the profession with this compendium of all-true tales gathered from service staff in four-star restaurants, trendy eateries, and roadside diners all over America. They will have you laughing out loud -- and reaching for the Tums - as they spill the beans about waiters' pet peeves, revenge on lousy tippers, outrageous celebrity customers, nightmare Saturday nights, and chefs running amok with carving knives.

Filled with marvelously written, tell-all confessions and near-death experiences from kitchen, cloakroom, and tableside, these sidesplitting stories will make you think twice the next time you ask for "a little dressing on the side" or make that universal gesture for the check.

Genres: Nonfiction, Humor

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Bruce Griffin Henderson is a writer and advertising creative director. He is the author of Waiting (Plume 1995), a non-fiction book about waiters and waitresses, and was a contributor to Gig (Crown 2000) a non-fiction book about Americans and their jobs. His first novel, Lucky King, was published in 2021.

Bruce grew up in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and attended the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in Nashville, TN with his wife Meghan.

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Reviews

[Tracy · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's been a long time since I read this book, but I was waiting tables at the time and I remember it made me laugh out loud.

[Michelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

cynical and bitter comments on waiting tables

[Jen · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was have been funnier for half the length it was. Ultimately, while mostly enjoyable, it got tedious.