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Waiting staff , [1] waiters (MASC) / waitresses (FEM), or servers (AmE) [2] [3] are those who work at a restaurant, a diner, or a bar and sometimes in private homes, attending to customers by supplying them with food and drink as requested. Waiting staff follow rules and guidelines determined by the manager.
Do you ever wonder what your waiter is doing when you're not looking?
If you’re in a restaurant and feel like the server is ignoring you, chances are it’s not intentional. Yes, there are times a server will blatantly neglect a customer, but that’s usually only ...
Brian Maixner, a waiter at the Doo-Dah Diner in Wichita, Kansas was the lucky recipient of that incredible tip. For a lot of servers in the restaurant business a 20-percent tip is a good one. A ...
Jacques Chirac, former President of France, worked as a busser and waiter in a Howard Johnson's restaurant while attending summer school at Harvard University. [24] Robert Downey Jr., American actor, worked as a busser at a restaurant in New York City for three years, because he was "too sweaty" to work as a waiter. [25]
A ship's galley, pantry, and eating areas are notoriously hard to keep clean and sanitary, and this activity keeps the steward's assistant busy for much of his time. The steward's assistant must clean the ship's mess and officer's saloon, and the gear in both. This includes keeping the decks clean by sweeping and scrubbing.
On July 19, 2008, Dublanica announced that he had quit his job at Café Machiavelli in preparation for his book's publication. [5] Dublanica planned not to go back to the restaurant industry, although he would continue his blog. [5] Waiter Rant was one of five finalists for "Best American Weblog" for the 2006 Bloggie Awards. [6]
The word derives from the early 19th century, taken from the French word restaurer 'provide meat for', literally 'restore to a former state' [2] and, being the present participle of the verb, [3] the term restaurant may have been used in 1507 as a "restorative beverage", and in correspondence in 1521 to mean 'that which restores the strength, a fortifying food or remedy'.