Stu is an antagonistic waiter at Allesandro's. He strongly dislikes Monica, partly because he and the rest of the staff had felt publicly humiliated by Monica's extremely critical review of their food and their service, and partly because the old head chef who was literally family to him was fired and replaced by her. He bitterly prosecutes all kinds of bad jokes on Monica, like writing 'Quit Bitch' on her hat. Monica wants to give him the sack, but is afraid of confrontation, so with Joey's consent she hires and then fires him for mouthing off to her in front of everyone. Realizing that he too could get sacked if he carries on giving Monica a hard time, Stu finally leaves her alone, as do the rest of the staff. He later appears in The One With The Stripper, where he seems to have gotten over his grudge against Monica. He gives her the number of what she assumes is a stripper-but when she later thanks him for this, he reveals that it was actually the number of a hooker.
Trivia
- In The One With The Girl From Poughkeepsie he is credited as 'The Waiter', while he gets a name for The One With The Stripper.
- Stu is a character from Friends who appears to be an antagonist, a rare thing in the series. He's not the only one though, see for example Luisa.