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Didn't really like the way that Jerry treated the waiter.....

posted 9 years ago by doggie_rodriguez
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....in the Bill Maher episode.

I didn't see anything wrong with the waiter wanting to shake hands (after Jerry asked him his name). That's what "normal" people do. Jerry refused to touch him like he was a leper. Then Jerry kept calling him over and asking him dumb questions (about his underwear) and then gave him that napkin to throw away.

Bill Maher seemed a bit uncomfortable with it too.

Did that bother anyone else?

At the end of the show I saw Jerry shaking hands with someone, not sure if it was the waiter or not. Hopefully it was and he gave him some sort of apology.

[–] Vashramana 9 years ago

I hate Jerry more with every passing episode. If I ever get the chance to meet him face to face I am going to let him have it. He acts as if he is God's gift to comedy. I know I am not alone in thinking that he isn't even in the top 50 list of best stand up comedians. If it weren't for Larry David being the mastermind of the show Seinfeld, Jerry would have never made it big. He'd still be performing in small clubs or forced out of the comedy scene altogether.

[–] doggie_rodriguez 9 years ago

I hate Jerry more with every passing episode.

I really like the idea of this show, I just wish Jerry wasn't the host and that they'd ditch the whole car angle. I just want to watch two funny people talk about comedy. That's all.

There was another part (in the Jim Carrey episode) where Jerry said people should do favors for him b/c he's done so much for them (in reference to being a comedian and making them laugh).

As someone that is not a big fan (or even a little fan of Seinfeld...the show or the guy) I find this attitude that I somehow owe him a favor appalling. No one owes him any favors. He made people laugh and he got PAID for it. End of transaction!

[–] Vashramana 9 years ago

I rarely ever laugh at anything Jerry says or does. His guests are almost always much more funny. It was the same way on the show Seinfeld, so nothing has changed.

[–] Danimal_77 9 years ago

Why do you keep watching the show if you hate him so much? Makes absolutely no sense?

[–] hbfilmz 9 years ago

It didn't show the hand shake so we don't know if he refused him or not. It just cut straight to Jerry's rant about shaking hands with waiters. It was more of a Seinfeld/David style of a bit than anything else.

[–] doggie_rodriguez 9 years ago

I think it's pretty safe to assume he didn't shake the guy's hand.

1. He didn't shake the guy's hand.
2. Had a genuine look of disgust on his face while NOT shaking the guy's hand.
3. Did a bit about not wanting to shake a server's hand.

It didn't show the hand shake so we don't know if he refused him or not.

While it's true there were some cuts, we did see him refuse the handshake. So that part isn't up for debate. It is possible they shook hands and took it out, but that seems unlikely since he went right into that rant about not shaking hands with the help.

[–] Danimal_77 9 years ago

The Jerry character on Seinfeld would never have done that to a waiter on the show. In fact, in season 1, when Jerry is sitting with his old guy friend who he wants to break up with, he tells the guy not to talk to the waiter in such a bad way and Jerry was enbarrassed. He should use his own advice. Money and fame really turned him into an arrogant guy. He treats Howard Stern, David Letterman, Bill Maher, Larry King and a list of other people as if they are way beneath him.

[–] brux (14666) 6 years ago

Come on you have to recognize inferiority .. Jerry is by far the ugliest person on this show, and he is the star, but that doesn't change anything. He's almost grotesque, so what you see is the backlash of grotesqueness.

[–] a-2003 9 years ago

I came on this board to add this thread if it didn't exist already.
I've been watching quite a few episodes lately and realised he seems a bit arrogant but didn't really let it bother me until this episode.
What a condescending wanker.

What's truth got to do with anything?

[–] doggie_rodriguez 9 years ago

I've been watching quite a few episodes lately and realised he seems a bit arrogant but didn't really let it bother me until this episode.

Obviously I agree since I started the thread, but yeah, it just went too far during this episode. And I haven't watched another episode since.

[–] jacksvoice 8 years ago

apology? how about a tip... people dont understand unless they have been waiters too, you know Jerry aint never been no waiter.

[–] willb-8 8 years ago

He insinuates he's a large tipper in the sarah jessica parker interview.

Jerry definitely has an arrogance/disdain for his fellow man about him (whether that covers everybody except the comics he idolizes or whether it is just joe public fan idk yet), you don't get the humility that many stars have in recognizing they would have nothing without the fans.

[–] doggie_rodriguez 8 years ago

It's not like he's going to say he's a poor tipper.

you don't get the humility that many stars have in recognizing they would have nothing without the fans.

He hasn't really done much after Seinfeld, so I'm not sure why he's still a prick?

[–] Thieves_of_Sieves 8 years ago

In a fairly recent interview Seinfeld mentions that he was a waiter once upon a time, at a comedy club, if I'm remembering it correctly.

Which makes his interaction with the waiter in the Maher episode all the more unpleasant and gross.

[–] doggie_rodriguez 8 years ago

Which makes his interaction with the waiter in the Maher episode all the more unpleasant and gross.

I did not know that, and yes, it really does. The good thing is this won't affect my opinion of him since it's already about as low as it can get.

[–] !!!deleted!!! (4524359) 8 years ago

The waiter should have told Jerry to go *beep* himself.

[–] jacksvoice 8 years ago

mo definitely

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[–] doggie_rodriguez 8 years ago

Why do we have to shake hands....you don't know where those hands have been...why is shaking hands such a big deal....the waiter should do his God.,#%^ ing job and stop bothering the talent.

Jerry asked his name, it is customary social greeting to shake hands when someone does that. I don't know why it is this way, but it is. The waiter was just following that completely normal social custom. What Jerry did was the equivalent of holding up his hand for a high five and then pulling it away. He led the guy into it and then chastised him for what happened.

And um, the "talent" was bothering the waiter. Not the other way around. You might want to re-watch the episode. You seem annoyed at the wrong person. And you should never get a free pass to be an a-hole.

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[–] tlm557 8 years ago

You don't try to shake hands with someone after they've been seated to eat. That's just very rude... people like to eat with clean hands.

The waiter was just playing along, there is a lot more to these than what you see in the final cut.

You're taking the joking around way too seriously.

[–] doggie_rodriguez 8 years ago

Didn't seem like he was joking around. The waiter seemed nervous and uncomfortable. He clearly just wanted to do his job and stay out of the "limelight".

Also, people in the restaurant business wash their hands dozens of times a day, so to suggest his hands weren't clean is just ignorance on your part. Maybe you were fortunate to not ever have to be a server. If that were the case you should thank your parents.

And like I said, it is customary to shake hands when people introduce themselves to you. The waiter did nothing that millions of other people wouldn't have done in that exact same situation.

[–] liscarkat (16515) 6 years ago

Every line and every interaction on this show is part of the joke. It's amazing that so many people don't get that. Seinfeld isn't out to hurt people's feelings.