bitterwaitress.com

[roguevalley]

This website is so great. Here are some stories about waiters who dealt with politicians:


Location: Kennebunkport, Maine
Celebrity: George H. Bush
Restaurant: H.B. Provisions

At about six in the morning when I was midway through prep at my shitty short-order/ counter job my co-worker pointed out that "he" was here. Most Kennebunkers are used to the Bush family - my younger coworkers get trashed with the twins when they're in town, Barb frequents a crummy bookstore, W's DUI was just outside of town...

Daddy Bush was wandering the little isles in the convienence-store half of the place. My bosses were falling all over themselves to assist him in his purchases.

He bought a small black coffee. And FIVE cans of toilet spray.

Secret service were in all the time. They all have military haircuts, New York accents and windbreakers with "Secret Service" embriodered on them. Subtle.

They loved to order multiple bacon egg and cheese sandwiches from me and a lot of them asked for me to butter the english muffins or glob mayo on. Any attempt on te president's life will be met with cardiac arrest.


Location: Minneapolis
Celebrity: Walter Mondale

Walter Mondale and his entire family are just a blessing to have in your section. They are cool, remember your name, are not fussy and always please and thank you kinda people. if you see Mr. Mondale, tell him hello and I miss him coming in.


Location: San Francisco
Celebrity: Al Gore
Restaurant: Chaya Brasserie

Amazing man, charming, Generous, Caring, yes I say caring....

What a Gentleman!


Location: New Jersey
Celebrity: Christie Todd Whitman

I work at a restaurant in New Jersey that offers outdoor, riverside dining. This is the perfect place for the local yuppies to impress their friends, and tip like shit usually. Christie Whitman ( former governor of NJ) sat outside with two friends recently. My boss told me to "take care of her". Duh! I didn't make a fuss about her, because I figured she's like to eat in peace. She was pleasant enough, but we gave them desert on the house, and she still only left 3 or 4 dollars although she said the service was great....cheap cheap


Location: Burlington
Celebrity: Howard Dean

Howard Dean came into the restaurant where I wait tables in Burlington, Vermont. He was very laid-back, not high maintenence at all. He tipped well, 20%+, not too high, but that's okay because I don't think he is personally very rich and the fact he was so nice made up for it. Anyway, he acted like just a regular guy in Burlington, Vermont, very easy to wait on, no fuss. He definately didn't expect to be treated any differently because he's running for President. I thought he was pretty cool. . .


Location: Clemson, SCCelebrity: Strom Thurmond

I am working as a waiter in the President's Luxury Box at a Clemson University football game. Among others in the box is Strom Thurmond who at the time was around 80 to 85 years old. No tipping was allowed but the problem with Strom wasn't tipping. It was the fact that none of the lady waitresses would go near him because he was grabbing every woman's ass that came within reaching distance. The dirty old man wouldnt let up to the point that the ladies in the serving crew were asking me to serve him.

Location: Los Angeles
Celebrity: Hillary Clinton's Secret Service
Restaurant: Biltmore Hotel

A few years ago I was working at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. It is the hotel of choice for Democrats. I was asked by my supervisor to go to Starbuck's to get two cups of something (I don't remember what exactly) and to take them to the floor where Hillary was staying. A Secret Service agent met me and gave me money to pay for the coffee AND a TWENTY dollar tip and asked if I was happy with that and I replied yes!

Location: Boston
Celebrity: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer

I was working as a Federal Protective Police Officer at the McCormack Federal Courthouse. One Saturday night while I was in full uniform making a tour of the garage, when "his honor" came ripping into the garage and pulled his car right in front of the elevators. He got out of the car looked at me and threw his car keys at me and said "Park my car." Noticing that I made no effort to catch his keys (they went flying over my right shoulder)he then says to me, "I'm Judge Breyer! and I want you to park my car!" I said Judge I'm a Police Officer, not a valet. And kept walking. Of course the next morning I got called in but he couldn't much of a stink about it could he? He was still in confirmation hearings. Just a little story that illustrates a person's
character

Location: Philadelphia, PA
Celebrity: Sandra Day O'Conner
Restaurant: Olive Garden

I was seated with a table of three elderly women. The other two women kept referring to one guest as Sandra. They were very nice, and appreciative of my services. The woman named Sandra ordered the cheapest cabernet on the menu, but all in all I would say they were very good customers. After I was packing up thier food, the woman, who I am now certain is Sandra Day O'Conner asked me what I did other then waitressing, to which I replied that I was a Criminal Justice major with one semester left. They became very interested in asking what my political views were on this that and the other thing. Then they asked me what thought about Sandra Day O'Conner, the supreme court justice. I totally RAGGED on her, about how I thought she was an idiot...etc., etc....to which the three women laughed uncontrollably at. They paid their bill, and left a tip of 20%. After they left I remembered that Sandra Day O'Conner was in Philadelphia for the 4th of July, just the day before....and am convinced it was her!

Location: New York
Celebrity: Rudy Giulianin

I used to work @ a restaurant on Pier 17 in the South Street Seaport where we have seen everything from tourists to transients and held parties for 200 monks to 200 lawyers from the Kings County D.A.'s office. Anyway, I could go on and on about the horrible and disgusting things that went on there but I really want to tell you a brief story about Mayor Rudy Guilliani. One day, our lovely mayor decided to come for lunch at our establishment. One of the specials that day was Caesar Salad with Grilled Tuna (usually a good choice). When the mayor's meal was served he was mortified at the presentation of his meal and yelled at the staff for it. He demanded it be sent back, insisting that was not what he wanted (it was) and he vowed he would not come back (he did).

Jessica

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Good site, now try...

http://www.customerssuck.com/

"Dedicated to the propostion that the customer is NEVER right."


waiters-revenge.com seems to be on hiatus, or something, but that was a good one, too.

[MrScorpio]

3. This... is some funny shit

The “Vinegar Boy” Saga, as told by Aaron
Last update: 06-10-2004
Click Here To Submit Your Own Story!

Thursday, April 3

This is what happens when I swap work hours with the day shift - I get all their weirdoes!

About 2 pm today, in stormed this woman who started going totally apeshit on me and screamed incoherently while waving around a half-full bottle of malt vinegar.

I had no idea what she was on about and, before I could find out, the police arrived - but I hadn't called them!

Now, I know nearly every cop within fifty miles of my site (I call them all often enough), so when they come in, I greet them by name and they do the same back and tell me they've been called here because of allegations I've poisoned a small child.

Wuh?

The crazy lady identifies herself as the kid's parent and told them I poisoned her lad. To avoid describing twenty minutes of ranting and gibbering on the woman's part, I'll cut right to the chase.

I had sold a 1L bottle of malt vinegar to a kid (about fifteen years old) that morning and he had taken the bottle home and drunk half of it - yes that's right, he had drunk vinegar. Of course, he got sick as a dog and "redecorated" the walls and floor of several rooms.



At this point the cops and I exchanged looks and one said, "Damn Aaron, and we all thought you had finally snapped." Ha ha. There's always a comedian.

The woman demanded that I be arrested, but the police weren't buying it now that they knew the situation. She eventually relented on her demands that I be thrown in jail, but demanded an apology from me for "failing to tell her son not to drink vinegar."

I said, "I don't tell people not to stick the fuel nozzle up their nose and fill their brainpan with diesel either. And do you know why? Because most people aren't that stupid!"

End result: I refuse to apologize, and stand firm by my statements that her child is a moron. She demands apology, threatens to sue for slander, and promises to return tomorrow when the manager is here.

And I thought the loons only came out after dark

I'm curious to see what sort of reaction she'll get from my half-wit manager if she comes back. But knowing him, he'll probably apologize to her, and make a new rule that all staff will have to tell people not to chug-a-lug vinegar

[enigmatic]

7. That's an absolute classic

I read the whole sordid saga on another forum last year, and I'm still laughing over it..

[kittykatkoffeekup]

2. Try this site also

It's amazing what some people in the service sector have to endure.

http://www.tipthepizzaguy.com/stories/

[Darth_Kitten]

4. how does one find these sites?

:D too cool.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Word-of-mouth, usually, like we're doing here. n/t

[roguevalley]

6. I read it in a gossip column in a newspaper :-D

[Robeson]

8. There seems to be a pattern forming from their testimonies....

...Democrats are nice, and Republicans are pricks. Gee, who'd of guessed....

[KitchenWitch]

9. Now THERE'S a surprise!

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