Darron Cardosa did not aspire to be a waiter; what he really wanted to do was act or write. At the age of 13, while babysitting two younger brothers, Cardosa prepared their lunches and decided to act out the role of waiter. Thus, the bitchy waiter was born, and Cardosa has since parlayed every nasty encounter into a popular blog, now gathered into The Bitchy Waiter.
Cardosa dishes about customers who think they know more than bartenders, and those who launch full-out assaults on servers. He mocks those looking for pub grub at a fine dining restaurant and waxes vitriolic about those who want to split the check umpteen ways ("I had one nerve when I got to work today, and the group of people has found it--and they are riding it like a pony"). Cardosa's descriptions are on-point and scathing; he spares no one in his ranting and raving, particularly diners who leave a less-than-desired tip ("as long as I give good service and get a 20% tip (and not crabs), I'm good"). Occasionally the softer side of the bitchy waiter shows up, such as when he witnesses a doting husband sharing a moment with his Alzheimer's-stricken wife that leaves him feeling warm and fuzzy.
Cardosa does for wait staff what Anthony Bourdain did for kitchens: he exposes the ugly side of food service from the perspective of those working on the front lines. And he puts the potential restaurant customer on notice that someone is watching and recording their bad behavior. --Nancy Powell, freelance writer and technical consultant