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Just a note

Probably not worth mentioning in the article, but my roommate currently works at the same Bennigan's restaurant that McKittrick used to, and she and I have met some of the people the characters are based on. She reassures me that they no longer do anything to the food of "biotches". But I can attest, from having been all through that store, that the movie set is an exact copy of that Bennigan's, right down to the layout of the manager's office. Apparently they could not get the rights to use the Bennigan's name (not surprising at all), but the name appears to be all they changed. Kasreyn 09:54, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Verizon Wireless store?

Regarding this edit, two questions come to mind:

Is this true, or can someone confirm it? Seems suspicious to me.
Is it really of any encyclopedic value?
1. And considering its dubious state as a "fact", should it be left in the article?

– Mipadi 16:32, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Promotional poster?

The line about a "fake(?) promotional poster for Bussing" doesn't seem to meet the Wiki Guidelines and has little encyclopedic value. I'm going to remove it unless someone can confirm its truth and provide evidence for its informational worth. Jmodum90 (talk) 02:51, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done WNW3 (talk) 23:47, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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http://www.amazon.com/Still-Waiting/dp/B001MFNB58

Game

Mrschimpf why did you delete the link to the community generated by the game idea in the film? Your reason " delete illegal (and stupid) "game"" seems rather puny. Since this is very film related ( in case you didn't see it )

I don't think it's absolutely necessary to include the 4th link. The writing on the page is poorly done, and I'm not even going to touch the concept of the game itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Disturbed286 (talk • contribs) 01:52, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the section referring to the Game, as no corroborating cites exist to indicate that there is a noticeable community playing the Game - it looks like self-promotion. If the originator can come up with an objective news link or a link to anything other than death-squad.ro, the section should be restored with one link to death-squad plus the corroborating links. As it stands there aren't even enough user comments on the site to indicate anyone plays it at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.232.58.2 (talk) 04:54, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why no mention of Bennigan's?

The restaurant featured in the film is clearly a parody on Bennigan's. The decor is the same (not surprising since it was shot in a former Bennigan's), the food and uniforms are similar, even the name "ShenaniganZ" is a clear reference. Seems like it deserves mention in the article. Lurlock (talk) 14:21, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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+== Just a note ==
-WAITING starts out showing everyone at a house celebrating and getting drunk/high. The party keeps going and lasts late throughout the night. In the morning, you see one of the main characters, Dean (Justin Long), wake up in bed with his girlfriend. He doesn't remember having sex with her last night and he says he's sorry. She says she knows he can't remember and that it's OK. He also has a message on his answering machine from his mother saying not to forget that they are having lunch that day.
+Probably not worth mentioning in the article, but my roommate currently works at the same Bennigan's restaurant that McKittrick used to, and she and I have met some of the people the characters are based on.  She reassures me that they no longer do anything to the food of "biotches".  But I can attest, from having been all through that store, that the movie set is an ''exact'' copy of that Bennigan's, right down to the layout of the manager's office.  Apparently they could not get the rights to use the Bennigan's name (not surprising at all), but the name appears to be all they changed.  [[User:Kasreyn|Kasreyn]] 09:54, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
-In the next scene you see Dean having lunch with his mother. She's talking about how she saw one of his old high school classmates. She says that he just graduated college with a bachelors degree in electrical engineering. Then she asks how his classes are going at the local community college. He gets really bummed out that his mother isn't proud of him because he didn't graduate yet. He gets up and leaves and his mother feels bad.
+== Verizon Wireless store? ==
-Next scene, a group of friends, who all work at the restaurant called "Shenanigans" pile into the restaurant and go into the bathroom to change into their uniforms. One girl, Naomi (Alanna Ubach) has a very real anger management problem, which makes this whole movie hilarious! She's always smoking and always needs to be calmed down by her friends.
+Regarding [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Waiting...&curid=2377503&diff=75268447&oldid=73326951 this edit], two questions come to mind:
-Then there are two blonde girls, one is the girlfriend of Dean. She is very sweet tempered and pretty. The other blond haired girl always wears dark eye makeup and loves flirting with the male customers to get a higher tip. Then there is Monty, played by Ryan Reynolds (you'll know him from Van Wilder) who is like the "coolest guy" in the restaurant because he always hits on the high school girls and has a quip for everything that goes on. He has a really huge crush on the hostess at the restaurant who is not 18 yet, but will be in one week and he really wants to have sex with her.
+# Is this true, or can someone confirm it? Seems suspicious to me.
-There are a host of other characters, and I'll try to get to them throughout the order of the movie.
+# Is it really of any encyclopedic value?
+## And considering its dubious state as a "fact", should it be left in the article?
+&ndash; [[User:Mipadi|Mipadi]] 16:32, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
-There is a new guy who is just starting to work at Shenanigans and the manager recruits Monty to help him learn the ropes. The manager is an older guy compared to all the college kids who work there but he wants to be and act their age but is obsessed with the power he has because he is manager. Everyone hates him.
+== Promotional poster? ==
-Monty shows the new trainee around and tells him that when the dinner rush begins, he will show him the training videos in the kitchen and that he can trail him around the rest of the day so he can learn. He starts asking the trainee all these questions about male frontal nudity and how he feels about it. The new trainee, Mitch, is disgusted and walks around in a daze taking in everything that Monty is telling him. They go into the back where the garbage is kept and the two bus boys who are white but try to act and are incredibly ghetto are always getting high and talking about cutting someone. Then they see one of the chefs at Shenanigans arguing with his girlfriend who always dresses very sexy. Monty goes to talk to the chef, Raddimus (Luis Guzman) saying that everything is OK. Raddimus trails Monty and Mitch around while he shows him the kitchen. It is a dirty place and the other chefs are all the dirtiest people you'll ever see. Then Monty leaves and tells Mitch that Raddimus will show him the rest. Raddimus then proceeds to explain that there are several ways at moving your penis in order to get other people to see your penis. But in any of the moves that he will show Mitch, they are all null and void if he does not call the people looking "faggots". He goes through a variety of movements and tells them how many times you get to kick the person who gets caught watching you in the ass. He also tells him that they are always looking for new ways of playing with your penis.
+The line about a "fake(?) promotional poster for ''Bussing''" doesn't seem to meet the Wiki Guidelines and has little encyclopedic value. I'm going to remove it unless someone can confirm its truth and provide evidence for its informational worth. [[User:Jmodum90|Jmodum90]] ([[User talk:Jmodum90|talk]]) 02:51, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
-The manager calls Dean in and tells him that he wants to make him assistant manager. Naomi overhears and tells everyone and now they all act weird around him.
+:Done [[User:WNW3|WNW3]] ([[User talk:WNW3|talk]]) 23:47, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
+== ... ==
-The next part of the film is followed by rowdy customers and you see all of the waiters and how they act individually with their customers. You see the chefs drop food and pick it up from the floor and serve it. There is one woman who is a real pain in the behind and Monty goes to help her after the sweet blond haired girl can' take it anymore. He takes her order back after she complains and you see the chefs, spit, put dandruff on her steak, and add pubic hairs to her potatoes. The customer eats it with relish.
+http://www.amazon.com/Still-Waiting/dp/B001MFNB58
-Through the whole movie, Dean is depressed because his mother thinks he is a failure and there are a million penis jokes and people who are just whipping out their penises to kick each other in the ass. There is also a character called Calvin, who can't go to the bathroom in a public urinal anymore because one time another man was just looking at his penis and now he's very self conscious. He can't even use the stall because he thinks he hears voices saying "c'mon already". We later learn that this is because Raddimus and his girlfriend are having sex in the bathroom and she is saying to him to hurry up and they always get caught by the two bus boys who take a picture of them.
+== Game ==
-In the end, the hostess who the manager has been hitting on in the entire movie gives him the wrong address so he doesn't end up in the same party that all the employees are going to. They all enjoy themselves, but then Mitch who hasn't been allowed to speak all day, bursts out and lashes out at all of them saying they are all crazy. They all look at each other and wonder what is wrong with him and when they turn back, Mitch is in the "goat position" which is the hardest of the penis positions. He calls them all fucking faggots and leaves. Monty runs after him and proclaims him a God and we learn that Dean quits his job but he still doesn't know what he will do in life. (This is all after the boy who he graduated with, Chet, who his mother was raving about, comes into the restaurant 2 minutes before it closes knowing that Dean worked there).
+Mrschimpf why did you delete the link to the community generated by the game idea in the film? Your reason " delete illegal (and stupid) "game"" seems rather puny. Since this is very film related ( in case you didn't see it )
+I don't think it's absolutely necessary to include the 4th link.  The writing on the page is poorly done, and I'm not even going to touch the concept of the game itself.  <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Disturbed286|Disturbed286]] ([[User talk:Disturbed286|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Disturbed286|contribs]]) 01:52, 2 March 2009 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
+:I removed the section referring to the Game, as no corroborating cites exist to indicate that there is a noticeable community playing the Game - it looks like self-promotion. If the originator can come up with an objective news link or a link to anything other than death-squad.ro, the section should be restored with one link to death-squad plus the corroborating links. As it stands there aren't even enough user comments on the site to indicate anyone plays it at all.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/98.232.58.2|98.232.58.2]] ([[User talk:98.232.58.2|talk]]) 04:54, 2 March 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
+== Why no mention of Bennigan's? ==
+The restaurant featured in the film is clearly a parody on [[Bennigan's]].  The decor is the same (not surprising since it was shot in a former Bennigan's), the food and uniforms are similar, even the name "ShenaniganZ" is a clear reference.  Seems like it deserves mention in the article.  [[User:Lurlock|Lurlock]] ([[User talk:Lurlock|talk]]) 14:21, 23 May 2011 (UTC)