It’s no surprise that the popularity of foodie books on cooking, running restaurants, eating in foreign countries, and so on has created a market for books about waiting on tables. I recently read “Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress” by Debra Ginsberg (not bad), and now there’s “Hey Waitress! The U.S.A From the Other Side of the Tray” by Alison Owing. In a lengthy Salon review Suzy Hansen recounts her own tales of waitressing woe and theorizes on the unique relationship between waitress and customer. There’s power mongering, class struggles, harassment, greed, and hunger! No wonder the interaction has so much potential to go sour. You don’t have to treat your waitperson like your best buddy, but you should give them the same respect you’d expect from any business transaction.