I'd Sooner Starve! (The story of a hapless restaurant owner)
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (748 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0065I0SBW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 306 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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THE HILARIOUS NUMBER 1 BEST-SELLER"Hilarious!" "So true!" "Witty and informative" "Laugh out loud funny!" "Brilliant and funny"Have you ever eaten in a restaurant? Have you ever wondered why the waiter was surly? Why the salad was limp? The Soup cold? Ever thought the owners looked like they didn’t know what they were doing? Ever thought you could do better ever wanted to quit your job?‘I’d Sooner Starve’ is the amazing true story of one man's quest to escape his monotonous nine-to-five existence and open a charming delicatessen and restaurant in a delightful market town.With honesty, humour and breathtaking naïveté, it records his steep learning curve, radical lifestyle change and the immediate revelation that the customer is not always right!Amidst tales of bulimia, public menstruation, endless abuse and hilarious customer encounters, this eye-opening story unveils what happens after you walk into the boss and say: “I quit!”‘I’d Sooner Starve’ is a shockingly comical tale of culinary highs, customer lows and one woman's unhealthy fixation with thigh-warmed Stilton…‘An absolute hoot!’ Anonymous celebrity chef‘This hits the nail on the head so much I can't believe it! So much so, I can't possibly put my name to it!’ UK chef‘I am delighted that Mark has written this book. Maybe now people will believe me when I tell them the stories!’
Northern Lights said Can I have chips with that?. The story is quite funny if a little sad - two friends follow their dream and open a deli/restaurant in a little UK village. The author writes well and some bits are very well observed, but a couple of times I found myself thinking "no way did that really happen!" I really hope he invented some of those stories Three and a half stars for the story, rounded up to four since the writing was lovely and flowing. (I have been reading a lot of indies late. Rural british people are KRAZY!!!!!! This book definitely entertained me. I have a business in a rural midwest town in the US and could relate to some extent, but the people around here would be too concerned about others' opinions to behave so badly. The sheer audacity of some of his customers made me think he was next door to a mental hospital!! The book was written in simple to read language, it moved quickly without belaboring details. I sometimes confused his thoughts for words an. "Biting bit of reality" according to Michelle Brockmeier. I expected a hilarious look at the ups and downs of operating your own restaurant. It was not hilarious but a very dark humored look at the foibles of working in customer service. I knew operating a restaurant was hard work but this book really reinforced how exhausting it is. I'd Sooner Starve is a quick easy read, short chapters that read more like reality bites than a cohesive narrative. Enjoyed the book and made me realize how much trouble one c