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A down-and-out musician chops off his mane to become a server near the top of the Hollywood food chain, finding a cloistered world of money, fame, bad tendencies, and intrigue. Waiter to the Full and Shameless is not only a peek in to the secretive internal workings of any renowned five-star restaurant; it isn't just a superstar tell-all or a scathing commercial analysis. It really is a top-tier waiter's personal coming-of-age report, an intimate look into the complicated issues of providing in the country's most elite, Hollywood-centric dining area while fighting to maintain a feeling of personal and purpose. Of the numerous an incredible number of food service employees around the world, only a little number ever before ascend to a top-level position at a world-renowned restaurant catering to iconic stars, moguls, and politicians. As one of those go for few, Paul ("Pauli") Hartford is the first waiter to start the entranceway into a cloistered, desired world of money, fame, bad tendencies, and intrigue. He peels again the veneer of civility and culture at the nation's most preeminent superstar hangout, the Cricket Room, in Beverly Hillsides, California. He exposes the epic real human foibles of its elite clientele, the dining room's corrupt commercial culture, its clandestine culinary techniques, and the heartbreaking problems of its beleaguered waitstaff. This keenly-observed report also traverses Pauli's 10-year evolution from a jaded, party-hungry rock musician who moonlights as a bartender, into a snobbish and pretentious waiter, and finally into a polished and superior server who requires his job so seriously that this drives him to the brink of health issues. Pauli discovers himself at first seduced by his famous guests' glamour and self-indulgence, then accustomed to it, and finally appalled because of it. For evident reasons, some details and specifics about the real Cricket Room have been cleverly disguised, but discerning listeners will easily hook up the dots.
