shitty tippers beware

thank you bitterwaitress for finally doing what many of us in the food industry all these years have longed to do: create a central repository to track all sorts of shitty customers.

here’s the deal: the person’s name is listed on the site along with the number of people in their party, the date they were in, the name of the restaurant in question, city and state of said restaurant, and the best two: the amount of the check and the tip left for the server. you seriously better watch your back. if more servers and bartenders know this is out there they will hurt you bad. if you click on the name and the server has included it you will get a full rundown of the offending scenario.

people, it’s not hard. pony up for good service or don’t go out. plain and simple. consider yourself warned.

emeril sells his soul to yet another devil

the ap is reporting that his royal bam!-ness emeril lagasse has signed a deal with martha stewart living omnimedia inc. the deal is reportedly worth $50m ($45m in cash and $5m in stock). she does not however get control of his empire of restaurants. this is actually the second time he has sold his soul. the first time he sold it to the scripps media empire.

after the food network and scripps had grown tired of his shtick and wanted to renegotiate when his contract was up in november talks ceased and he is out of the network just like the orange clog wearing mario batali. emeril, i wish you the best, however make sure martha gets her ‘pound of flesh‘ otherwise her goons might come after you. consider yourself warned.

james hetfield and wolf from american gladiators

is it just me or does anyone else think that wolf (real name is hollywood yates) from the new american gladiators is a doppelganger for james hetfield from metallica? after watching the show for a full 8 weeks i am convinced. check out the photo and tell me i’m wrong.

it’s really quite striking especially when they both howl, yell, and spit. though i highly doubt that james hetfield is skilled in the dance art of pop locking.