Waiting… (2005) Directed by Rob McKittrick. Stars Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long, David Koechner, Dane Cook, Jordan Ladd, Chi McBride, John Francis Daley, Alanna Ubach, Kaitlin Doubleday, Vanessa Lengies, and Luis Guzmán.
Five words or less review: Those ain’t bacon bits, honey.
*for anyone who has ever worked in a corporate restaurant—and I was a waiter and bartender for 6 years during college and grad school—this movie is your Office Space or Clerks, though at times it drifts a bit. Still, Ryan Reynolds does a credible young Chevy Chase (and that is high praise), and the film stays true to everything I know of the behind-the-scenes dynamic.
Remember: “Never fuck with people who handle your food.”
I’ve been wanting to see that. Both the old lady and I were in food service during college, and she’s bartending right now while she’s in school. Will have to take you up on your recommendation sir.
And I never do. A few years back I worked on the periphery of the food and beverage industry, and I learned this lesson well.
But then, I have a brother who is a complete dick to waiters and waitresses, and for that reason, I’m very reluctant to eat at the same table as him in a restaurant. I worry that our orders will get confused.
As a former line cook, I can confirm that waitron are considered a pain in the ass, customers are stupid, special orders poison, well-done meat often dropped on the floor in disgust, and managers universally scum.
Good times. Good, stress-filled, half-drunken times.
Anything with Luis Guzmán has to rock – why is Hollywood only now (and in a criminally-limited way) beginning to recognize his talent?
I haven’t had a chance to go through all the extras yet, but the 2-disc set gets a really nice treatment.
Has anyone seen where Dane Cook is interviewed about the making of the movie “Waiting…” on disc two of the dvd set and is quoted saying, “life sucks and we all have to work because we have to pay these…taxes, which I don’t believe we actually have to. If we all got together and just said no…what are they going to do, it’s like fifty old guys versus…all of us! Know what I mean? And I know I shouldn’t say this cause’ the Illuminati is probably listening. If you know anything about the Illuminati, you don’t fuck with those guys. They make whole planes disappear, entire flights. Um…I should never even have said the Illuminati. I would love to just…if we could delete this. I bet one of the people in this room works for the Illuminati, and just saying that they work on “Waiting…”, and now I’m…I’m fucking dead, I’m fucking dead…great!”…? I have found out that the disappering planes he is referring to is flight 93 that we were told crashed in Pennsylvania on 9/11, and also flight 77 that we were told crashed into the pentagon. Neither one of these flights left any debris of a passenger airline at all! Look into this and also the entire 9/11 fraudulant story. You will be amazed. The best site I have found is http://www.infowars.com, and also the dvd “Martial Law 9/11: The Rise of the Police State” by Alex Jones, and see Dane Cook on his new HBO special coming in june entitled “Tourgasm”.