**"[Ginsberg's] poignant, gently written stories of waitressing are
metaphors for life." --Dallas Morning News
**
A veteran waitress dishes up a spicy and robust account of life as it
really exists behind kitchen doors.
Part memoir, part social commentary, part guide to how to behave when
dining out, Debra Ginsberg's book takes readers on her twenty-year
journey as a waitress at a soap-operatic Italian restaurant, an
exclusive five-star dining club, the dingiest of diners, and more. While
chronicling her evolution as a writer, Ginsberg takes a
behind-the-scenes look at restaurant life--revealing that yes, when
pushed, a server will spit in food, and, no, that's not really decaf
you're getting--and how most people in this business are in a constant
state of waiting to do something else.
Colorful, insightful, and often irreverent, Ginsberg's stories truly
capture the spirit of the universal things she's learned about human
nature, interpersonal relationships, the frightening things that go on
in the kitchen, romantic hopes dashed and rebuilt, and all of the
frustrating and funny moments in this life. Waiting is for everyone
who has had to wait for their life to begin--only to realize, suddenly,
that they're living it.