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All My Haters Become Waiters At The Table Of Success

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All My Haters Become Waiters At The Table Of Success is an aphorism often used by New York City Mayor Eric Adams intended to mean that one's doubters will ultimately be left behind when one succeeds in life. The phrase has been widely parodied and used to mock Adams, particularly in the lead-up to Adams being indicted in September of 2024.

Origin

Eric Adams began using variations on the phrase "Let your haters become waiters at the table of success" around 2015, according to a deleted Gawker article.[1] It was covered in a 2021 New York Times article about Adams,[2] as the publication wrote he had been using the phrase in his stump speeches. The phrase began seeing mockery on social media beginning on May 16th, 2022, when Adams used it while addressing protestors at a Pace University commencement speech (video by The Recount shown below).



Spread

In June of 2022, the phrase began attracting controversy, as critics voiced that it was disrespectful to service workers.[1] On August 3rd, 2023, a Redditor in /r/NYStateOfMind[3] posted a video of Adams using the phrase in a speech, gaining over 330 points in one year.


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In 2024, the Adams administration was subject to corruption scandals in which the Federal government indicted many officials, and on September 25th, 2024, Adams himself was indicted. Around this time, social media users began using the "Haters become waiters" line to mock Adams. Blog HellgateNYC[4] crafted an explainer for the various people indicted or implicated in scandal in Adams' administration and jokingly called the feature Adams' "Table of Success."


The Eric Adams J Mayor of NYC Table of Success Brought to you by In collaboration with typeinvestigations HELL GATE Subscribe to Hell Gate Eric Adams has said that “all my haters become my waiters when I sit down at the table of success." Who's at the table? How are they related? Why do they matter? What the Hell is this website?

On September 23rd, reporter Ken Klippenstein[5] joked about the increased controversy surrounding the administration by joking, "turn your haters into waiters at the prison commissary table of success," gaining over 410 likes in three days.


Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein turn your haters into waiters at the prison commissary table of success 11:14 PM Sep 23, 2024

The phrase was widely used to joke about Adams' indictment. For example, on September 25th, 2024, user @pattymo[6] joked, "Adding the DOJ to the list of haters that will become waiters when Eric Adams is once again seated at the table of success," gaining over 200 retweets and 2,900 likes in one day.


Patrick Monahan @pattymo Adding the DOJ to the list of haters that will become waiters when Eric Adams is once again seated at the table of success 9:12 PM Sep 25, 2024 ...

Various Examples


Dirk Fuckner → @timerube the waiters [27M, 30F, 24F, 35M, 23M] at my [64M] table of success have unionized as haters Breaking News Mayor Eric Adams of New York City was indicted following a federal corruption investigation, said people briefed on the case. 9:12 PM Sep 25, 2024 2m ago Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan Using the QR code menu to order because I want to limit my interactions with my waiters, who are also my haters, at the table of success. 7:55 AM Sep 26, 2024 Zack Budryk @BudrykZack THE HATERS HAVE BREACHED THE SUCCESS EMBASSY 9:10 PM Sep 25, 2024 Path of the Alpha: Weed Mubarak @WeedMubarak "Your haters become your waiters when you dine at the table of success" - Sun Tzu 4:45 PM Sep 23, 2024 Rebecca Wilks @WilksBecca It seems that Eric Adams's haters have become his jailers, at the prison of success 4:01 AM Sep 26, 2024 ... captain monterey jack @elizabethbelsky All my haters become waiters when I'm indicted by the Department of Success. . 9:16 PM Sep 25, 2024

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External References

[1] Eater – Eric Adams Advises ‘Let Your Haters Be Your Waiters’ in His Latest Restaurant Worker Snub

[2] New York Times – What Kind of Mayor Might Eric Adams Be? No One Seems to Know.

[3] Reddit – /r/nystateofmind

[4] Hellgate NYC – Eric Adams' Table of Success

[5] Twitter – "kenklippenstein:"https://x.com/kenklippenstein/status/1838416768634695748

[6] Twitter – pattymo

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