Waiter Rant by The Waiter aka Steve Dublancia302 pages
Completed 5/5/10
Started as a blog destressing about his waiter position at a high-end NYC restaurant. As a twice-time server, I could totally relate to most of the obnoxious - and great - customers. But what I found most intriguing about this memoir was the breakdown of the relationships between coworkers, bosses, and significant others. Fueled by his own sense of underachievement and unmistakable confusion of where he wants to go in life (even though he's pushing 40), Dublancia really made me feel for him.
I enjoyed how each chapter focused on one subject without it being spacey between them. Although not as side-splitting as I had hoped, the dry humor and amusing conversations kept me entertained.
I checked out his blog, www.waiterrant.net, which Dublancia still updates frequently, and think I'll bookmark it. Likable in a way only someone who admits to his faults can be, the writing was edited just enough to feel like this was just someone telling you his story face-to-face.
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