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kystark1201's review
4.0
I actually enjoyed this book a lot.
Its a story that set in the 80s, i wasnt surprised with the sex, drugs and alcohol.
after seeing someone DNF because of that.
The later part of the story wasnt much about all these 3 already.
myself too started working in the restaurant business at ages of 16. It wasnt the 80s, his story opened my eyes to the history of restaurant business.
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I was feeling the vibes and sharing his feeling during the time.
How i felt exactly the same as he talked to the guest, facing difficult guest etc.
How I felt when guest pass me 100 pound bill in my hand.
the upside down life, the late life. how he have mixed up bio-Clock.
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I was feeling every bit of it. I was almost tearing up as his memoir came to and end.
I am glad he did what he did and not giving up on the industry.
Its a story that set in the 80s, i wasnt surprised with the sex, drugs and alcohol.
after seeing someone DNF because of that.
The later part of the story wasnt much about all these 3 already.
myself too started working in the restaurant business at ages of 16. It wasnt the 80s, his story opened my eyes to the history of restaurant business.
.
I was feeling the vibes and sharing his feeling during the time.
How i felt exactly the same as he talked to the guest, facing difficult guest etc.
How I felt when guest pass me 100 pound bill in my hand.
the upside down life, the late life. how he have mixed up bio-Clock.
.
I was feeling every bit of it. I was almost tearing up as his memoir came to and end.
I am glad he did what he did and not giving up on the industry.
bflynnp's review
4.0
This was surprisingly entertaining: a dishy and romanticized view of a life of restaurants.
emilynye's review against another edition
informative
reflective
2.0
I put this off because of a friend's review, but I was still hopeful. The author is New York through and through, and it doesn't translate to midwestern lives. Not that every book has to relate to every scenario, but it came off as if the author felt that there isn't more than one scenario to consider. Which again, in the context of a memoir, fine, but it was like that in the sections that were written more as tips to the reader.
Every chapter vacillated between "One had to be drunk or high to get through a single shift," and "I loved every minute of it," and the early resentment toward guests made me dislike the author himself pretty quickly, especially when it was because they didn't surreptitiously hand over extra money just to get a seat.
Every chapter vacillated between "One had to be drunk or high to get through a single shift," and "I loved every minute of it," and the early resentment toward guests made me dislike the author himself pretty quickly, especially when it was because they didn't surreptitiously hand over extra money just to get a seat.
allibroad's review
3.0
As anWater Club and River Cafe alum, I’ll attest that book had to be written about Buzzy. It just didn’t need to be this one.
mjurasko's review
1.0
DNF @ 46%. I got tired of reading about his sexual escapades and drug addiction.