Waiting

Waiting, a comedy based on the everyday activities that occur in your average restaurant, is an Office Space for the restaurant industry. There will be no surprises in this movie, as I was able to figure out the last scene during the first 15 minutes of the movie. Regardless of that fact that Waiting will not keep you guessing, it is funny from beginning to end. Ryan Reynolds plays a great 20-something that only has sex with underage girls.

The plot follows a guy named Dean (Justin Long) and his dead-end job as a waiter at Shenaniganz, a Bennigan's type restaurant. He still lives at home with his mother after being out of high school for four years. During the course of the movie, he runs into an old acquaintance from high school who recently graduated from college. Dean had a very similar academic record as his acquaintance did in high school. However, Dean still works a dead end job, which is why he is rethinking his current position in life throughout the movie.

As you follow Dean through the course of the movie, he and his friends/coworkers run into various shitty customers that anyone who has ever worked in the food service industry can surely relate to. In Waiting, an interesting game that is played at the restaurant is introduced. It provides a few humorous scenes, and a few disgusting ones.

In the end you will rethink your next visit to a restaurant, and you will never be rude to your server again. Which I think is a great side effect to watching Waiting. While entertaining you, Waiting also teaches you a valuable lesson, never fuck with anyone that handles your food.

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