Waiting... (2005) on Netflix
At Shenaniganz restaurant, Dean has waited tables for four years and is offered the assistant manager job. Monty trains Mitch, a new hire, through his first dinner shift.
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Plot summary
Dean has spent four years on the waitstaff at Shenaniganz, and the news that a former classmate finished college and found an engineering job makes him take stock of his own life. Monty, a waiter who chases women for one-night stands, is assigned to train Mitch, and he walks the new hire through the staff, the game in which the men expose themselves to unsuspecting coworkers, and what the kitchen does to food sent back. Among the waitstaff are Serena, Monty's former girlfriend, the underage hostess Natasha, Dean's girlfriend Amy, Calvin, who cannot urinate in public, and Naomi. Manager Dan puts Dean in the running for assistant manager against Calvin. After a customer tips Dean poorly, an argument follows, and Dan sets a deadline for his answer.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Waiting... (2005)
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- Waiting... was directed by Rob McKittrick in his directorial debut, and he wrote the screenplay while he was working as a waiter; the film stars Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris and Justin Long as staffers at the restaurant Shenaniganz.
- The script was initially sold in a film deal to Artisan Entertainment, but was released by Lions Gate Entertainment, which purchased Artisan in 2003, and producers Chris Moore and Jeff Balis of Live Planet's Project Greenlight fame also took notice of the project and assisted.
- The film made over US$6 million in its opening weekend alone, which was more than twice the budget of the film.
