Minutes from the WA (Waiters’ Anonymous) meeting

You know who you are. And now we do, too. Because we have pictures! Bwaahahahahahha!!!

I refer, of course, to all those annoying, frustrating, stress inducing, rude, indecisive restaurant customers and the servers who grudgingly tolerate them.

Charles Ferruzza shares valuable "Restaurant Rules for Life"

Last night, Charles Ferruzza, restaurant critic nonpareil for The Pitch, brought some of  his friends to KCPL’s Helzberg Auditorium to share some war stories from their restaurant days. All but one had given up the crumber and tray to move onto bigger and better (but not necessarily better-paying) jobs.

The person who waxed most poetic about the restaurant life? The person who is still in it (John)! The rest of us shared horror tales about cooks who ran out of food (Pete),

Lorna describes a tropical restaurant's decor, a "down under Christmas tree"

yachts that drove right into seaside restaurants (Lorna), snarly bartenders and bussers (David), and grammar lessons taught by erudite customers (me).

Charles shared “rules for living” gleaned from three “battleax waitresses” who have been dealing them off the arm since Perry Como was a boy.

Other things one can learn in a restaurant include exceptional time management skills, multi-tasking, handicapping football teams and ponies, filing for a green card, and how to set food on fire without alarming the fire department.

Read Charles’ comments on the evening here and feel free to add your own. We’re sorry we missed you. You were probably slinging hash somewhere. Charles and I hope you had a good night.