Vanderpump Rules Recap: Guess who’s back… Back again…

Vanderpump Rules

By Alejandra | Thursday, January 17, 2013 | 3:32 pm | 8 Comments
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Hey, Y’all!  Thanks for all the love in the comments – warms my tiny, hateful heart.  However, having read said comments, I want to let you in on a little secret.  I took this recap because I have a bit of an inside track on this show, so I can clarify a few things.  Interestingly (perhaps confoundingly), none of these servers were cast – they all worked for either Sur or Villa Blanca at the time of filming.  Scheana worked for Villa Blanca and was shipped over to Sur for the show, which I’m sure surprises no one.  Same went for her friend Tina.  All the relationships and breakups we’ve seen thus far have also been real, and that includes Scheana and Shea.  In terms of the boozing, I’ve worked in F&B in this town for awhile, and I’ve seen a lot of servers drink more.  I don’t think there are any laws forbidding employees from drinking on the job, but restaurants are liable for anyone who drinks and drives after leaving their establishment and that includes employees.  As for the uniforms, I’ve seen a lot of servers wear less, and when it comes to hair down and whatnot, I think you can wear hair down as long as you’re not in the kitchen.  I think it’s against health code, but the health department picks their battles depending on the restaurant.

That’s it for now – can’t blow the lid off of everything, but I’ll try to keep clarifying the finer points as we go.  Enjoy!

This week opens with Lisa interviewing that she and Ken have had 26 restaurants together, but with Sur, they’re letting Guillermo handle the bullshit, 3am nights of being restaurant managers. 

“Must I wear this shirt?”  “Yes. And who told you to sew buttons on it?”

That’s what I’d do.  Guillermo’s domain?  Figuring out what to do when Stassi tells a manager to get blown when said manager refuses her a drink.  Lisa’s domain?  Figuring out how to get Guillermo to agree to doing a massive pink float for the Los Angeles Pride Parade.  The two mock fight for a hot minute until finally Lisa gets her way.  The float is happening – and so is Kevin Lee!!! 

“Raaa raaaa ra ra ra ra rive for todaaaaay!” 

When it comes to spin-offs, this guys is way more deserving than anyone else on this show. 

Elsewhere the servers do sidework and complain about being broke, and Gasmii, there are many ways in which this show resembles my life not at all, and there are many ways in which it is identical.  Put me in a black dress and paint a scowl on my face, and I could be Stassi’s fucking twin in that moment.  She and Katie are discussing money and Jax when Stassi interviews that her father cut her off when she left college and now she has trouble making ends meet.  Not helping?  Jax, who crashes at her apartment for free and who forgot to drive her to work that day.  She was taking lil’ nappy nap when Jax left without her, apparently thinking that she started at a later time than he did.  She reams him a new asshole in front of Katie, and what I thought was a mere accident I’m now thinking was Jax’s subconscious just trying to have a ride to work in peace.

“Dammit, Subconscious!  I love you, but we always pay for it later!”

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Alejandra lives in Los Angeles and is an actor/writer/producer of opinions.  She loves the beach, but never goes, and hates reality stars, but follows them religiously.  In addition to TVGasm, you can read her writing at the online magazine DigN2It, or various fanfiction websites if you're industrious enough to find her.  If you're not industrious at all, a bottle of fine wine will always be an acceptable bribe.

8 Comments

  1. 1
    thisbuggs4u
    Posted January 17, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    I want some more insider info Alejandra!

    We were not allowed to drink during our shift…But I think that might be a WA State law kind of thing. If we worked lunch and our shift ended early we had to eat in the “break room”. If we took smoke breaks, that made it really hard cause we didn’t have an “out back behind the restaurant”, we actually stood in front and off to the side with all the people waiting for tables!

    Yes, we had uniforms…the changed alot in the 7 yrs I worked at The Old Spaghetti Factory. When I first started as a busser it was black pants and an OSF polo shirt. When I was a hostes, it was a knee length skirt, button up shirt, or sweater set, black slip resistant granny shoes, and nylons had to be worn, or black dress pants. As a Server at one point it was khaki pants and white polo shirt. Which was stupid as shit! then it went to Blue button up shirt with khaki pants, that was stupid too! Then it was black slacks, white button up shirt and black floor length apron, you know kind of like The Olive Garden…When I first started there I was 17 and made 4.90 and hour…we got paid less because we made tips…

    We were told by Managers not to “date” any of our co-workers, but once the Store Manager started dating one of the servers that went to shit! Like I said, we all dated, we all partied together…For the most part it was fun. But I can tell you this, I will never go back to being a Server!

    Kevin Lee was on a few episodes of Beverly Hills Brides or some stupid bride show on TLC. I can’t remember.

    Like I said in the MiniCap–I read Stassi’s Q&A on the Bravo blog…She is one Delusiona Bitch….(yes it should be delusional, but I made the spelling error once in a T&T recap, and it has stuck on the gasm ever since)

    Keep up the great work, Dish when you can, but I think you spoiled the Scheana Shae breakup…not that we wouldn’t see it coming!

  2. 2
    Alejandra
    Posted January 17, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    Whoa, there, I didn’t mean to say anything about Scheana and Shea breaking up – just that their relationship is real. That sentence should’ve read “the break ups ( Stassi and Jax) and the relationships ( Scheana/ Shea, Tom/Kristen and Tom/Katie) are real.” No spoilers!

  3. 3
    thisbuggs4u
    Posted January 17, 2013 at 4:26 pm

    Ok, HEHHEH, But if it was to happen, who wouldn’t see that one coming? Stassi just rubs me the wrong way…Entitled is what comes to mind

  4. 4
    labowner
    Posted January 17, 2013 at 5:03 pm

    Funny, Stassi doesn’t get it is her behavior that drives men to cheat. Stassi, the opposite attitude will keep men where you want them to be. Be the free spirit that doesn’t care, and Jax will.

  5. 5
    labowner
    Posted January 17, 2013 at 5:10 pm

    Why isn’t this showing up under recaps? At least on my firefox screen you are not here Alejandra.

  6. 6
    thisbuggs4u
    Posted January 17, 2013 at 6:17 pm

    @Lab, I use firefox also…In the comment section it does come up, but in the new recaps it doesn’t…Maybe we pissed off one to many pageant moms again :) JK!

  7. 7
    Derek Hazelton
    Posted January 18, 2013 at 6:47 pm

    I hate Stassi, but I can kind of see where she’s coming from. She wants Jax to grow up, take the lead in their relationship, be financially and emotionally responsible, but he makes her feel completely insecure with his passive-aggressiveness. He wanted to break up with her without looking like the asshole and he can play the “she’s a crazy bitch” card and the entire viewing audience (such that it is) is on his side. We all know he’s a cheating piece of shit and we excuse it because Stassi comes off as completely paranoid.

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    WaffleBoy
    Posted January 21, 2013 at 9:23 am

    Stassi orders a sauvignon blanc at a beer bar and steps one step closer toward her Orange County future
    That was one of the best things I’ve read in awhile, thanks.
    And this is just from one guy’s perspective, but I’ve never seen a guy driven to cheat on his girlfriend. They cheat because they want to and they can find somebody to cheat with. Guys leave their girlfriends for acting like horrible people, but cheating? Nope that’s all on Mr Man. At least that’s my opinion

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