Waiter
noun
A man who serves food and drinks at a restaurant or cafe.
The waiter brought our food to the table
Often appears as...
- waiter service
- tip the waiter
noun
A small tray; a salver.
He presented the letter to the lord on a silver waiter
Often appears as...
- silver waiter
- gold waiter
noun
A man who serves food and drinks at a restaurant or cafe.
The waiter brought our food to the table
Often appears as...
- waiter service
- tip the waiter
noun
A small tray; a salver.
He presented the letter to the lord on a silver waiter
Often appears as...
- silver waiter
- gold waiter
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Pro Tip 1/3Gender-neutral Usage
Although traditionally 'waiter' refers to men, many use 'server' as a gender-neutral alternative.
When you're not sure of your server's gender, it's polite to use 'server' instead of 'waiter'.
Pro Tip 2/3Waiter Etiquette
It's polite to get a waiter's attention without loud or impolite gestures, such as snapping fingers.
I made eye contact and nodded to signal the waiter.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Tipping
Tipping practices vary; in many countries, it's customary to tip waiters for good service.
In the U.S., I tipped the waiter 20% for excellent service.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender-neutral Usage
Although traditionally 'waiter' refers to men, many use 'server' as a gender-neutral alternative.
When you're not sure of your server's gender, it's polite to use 'server' instead of 'waiter'.
Pro Tip 2/3Waiter Etiquette
It's polite to get a waiter's attention without loud or impolite gestures, such as snapping fingers.
I made eye contact and nodded to signal the waiter.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Tipping
Tipping practices vary; in many countries, it's customary to tip waiters for good service.
In the U.S., I tipped the waiter 20% for excellent service.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender-neutral Usage
Although traditionally 'waiter' refers to men, many use 'server' as a gender-neutral alternative.
When you're not sure of your server's gender, it's polite to use 'server' instead of 'waiter'.
Pro Tip 2/3Waiter Etiquette
It's polite to get a waiter's attention without loud or impolite gestures, such as snapping fingers.
I made eye contact and nodded to signal the waiter.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Tipping
Tipping practices vary; in many countries, it's customary to tip waiters for good service.
In the U.S., I tipped the waiter 20% for excellent service.
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
The waiters are products of a society that has taught them that men are more important than women. And I know that waiters don't intend any harm. But it's one thing to know intellectually and quite another to feel it emotionally. Each time they ignore me, I feel invisible. I feel upset.
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How we can turn the tide...
or are they just tokenistic drops in the ocean? Good question. It's a good question. They are totally important. Absolutely important. Because it's not just about the one straw that I use. It's about me not using that straw, going to a restaurant and telling the waitress,
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What is déjà vu? What is...
using the same restaurant setting for each. First up is dual processing. We'll need an action. Let's go with a waiter dropping a tray of dishes. As the scene unfolds, your brain's hemispheres process a flurry of the waiter's flailing arms, his cry for help,
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Sheena Iyengar: The art...
I knew even then that I would encounter cultural differences and misunderstandings, but they popped up when I least expected it. On my first day, I went to a restaurant, and I ordered a cup of green tea with sugar. After a pause, the waiter said,
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
waiters that they swing it around when they fight it's not fighting around bow is busy enjoying some leaves of the red bush willow I wonder if he knows if you make a lovely decoction out of them they can serve and to help any abdominal
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Entrepreneurs come from...
as menial as I was as they were but what I didn't like is having the boss I didn't like a single boss they ever worked for and so at 23 I borrowed a thousand dollars from my boyfriend at the diner where I worked as a waitress
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Why the best hire might...
and not dwell on my past. Along the way I've met many people who've provided me brutally honest feedback, advice and mentorship. These people don't mind that I once worked as a singing waitress to help pay for college.
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How America Fails New...
So this decision to go back to work so early, it's a rational economic decision driven by family finances, but it's often physically horrific because putting a human into the world is messy. A waitress told me,
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Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
only in a specialized filming chamber can we capture its extraordinary talent the waiter has developed special proteins which prevent ice crystals from
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Hangout in an Ancient...
let me take you the underworld waiters
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
The waiters are products of a society that has taught them that men are more important than women. And I know that waiters don't intend any harm. But it's one thing to know intellectually and quite another to feel it emotionally. Each time they ignore me, I feel invisible. I feel upset.
Video examples
How we can turn the tide...
or are they just tokenistic drops in the ocean? Good question. It's a good question. They are totally important. Absolutely important. Because it's not just about the one straw that I use. It's about me not using that straw, going to a restaurant and telling the waitress,
Video examples
What is déjà vu? What is...
using the same restaurant setting for each. First up is dual processing. We'll need an action. Let's go with a waiter dropping a tray of dishes. As the scene unfolds, your brain's hemispheres process a flurry of the waiter's flailing arms, his cry for help,
Video examples
Sheena Iyengar: The art...
I knew even then that I would encounter cultural differences and misunderstandings, but they popped up when I least expected it. On my first day, I went to a restaurant, and I ordered a cup of green tea with sugar. After a pause, the waiter said,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
waiters that they swing it around when they fight it's not fighting around bow is busy enjoying some leaves of the red bush willow I wonder if he knows if you make a lovely decoction out of them they can serve and to help any abdominal
Video examples
Entrepreneurs come from...
as menial as I was as they were but what I didn't like is having the boss I didn't like a single boss they ever worked for and so at 23 I borrowed a thousand dollars from my boyfriend at the diner where I worked as a waitress
Video examples
Why the best hire might...
and not dwell on my past. Along the way I've met many people who've provided me brutally honest feedback, advice and mentorship. These people don't mind that I once worked as a singing waitress to help pay for college.
Video examples
How America Fails New...
So this decision to go back to work so early, it's a rational economic decision driven by family finances, but it's often physically horrific because putting a human into the world is messy. A waitress told me,
Video examples
Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
only in a specialized filming chamber can we capture its extraordinary talent the waiter has developed special proteins which prevent ice crystals from
Video examples
Hangout in an Ancient...
let me take you the underworld waiters
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Quote examples
Wamiqa Gabbi
I'd be doing all sorts of odd jobs and traveling the world. Let alone if I wasn't an actress, even now if my films stop doing well and people stop liking me, I'd go do odd jobs, like a waitress or something like that and save just about enough to see the world.
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Mary Lynn Rajskub
American Actress
My stand-up has always been very character-based. I'm not really the kind of person that's like, 'Hey, here's what's on my mind! Tip your waitress!' I would create the jokes based on the character I was playing. It was always a performance-based thing for me.
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Patrick Wilson
American Actor
If I ever get looks on the street, which, for the record, is almost never, it's rarely because they think I'm someone they saw in a movie. More often someone sees me and thinks, 'Hey, was that guy my waiter the other night?
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Patti Smith
American Musician
My mother and father had so many ups and downs and stayed with each other and helped each other. My mother took in ironing and she was a waitress. My father was working in the factory and he did people's tax returns.
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Christopher Guest
British Director
I haven't had to do anything outside of show business my whole life. I've never been a waiter. I've only worked and gotten paid. It hasn't been a classic example of someone slogging through the business.
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Bill Bryson
American Writer
I once joked in a book that there are three things you can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company, you can't make a waiter see you until he is ready to see you, and you can't go home again.
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Juno Temple
English Actress
There will always be ways to pay my rent, whether I wind up having to be a waitress on the side or whatever it is, but I think it's so important for me to do things that I'm passionate about.
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Rodney Dangerfield
American Comedian
With my wife I don't get no respect. I made a toast on her birthday to 'the best woman a man ever had.' The waiter joined me.
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Brandi Glanville
American Celebrity
If you're rude to waiters or waitstaff, I cannot handle that. I really think that shows your true personality.
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Don Herold
American Writer
It is a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.
Quote examples
Wamiqa Gabbi
I'd be doing all sorts of odd jobs and traveling the world. Let alone if I wasn't an actress, even now if my films stop doing well and people stop liking me, I'd go do odd jobs, like a waitress or something like that and save just about enough to see the world.
Quote examples
Mary Lynn Rajskub
American Actress
My stand-up has always been very character-based. I'm not really the kind of person that's like, 'Hey, here's what's on my mind! Tip your waitress!' I would create the jokes based on the character I was playing. It was always a performance-based thing for me.
Quote examples
Patrick Wilson
American Actor
If I ever get looks on the street, which, for the record, is almost never, it's rarely because they think I'm someone they saw in a movie. More often someone sees me and thinks, 'Hey, was that guy my waiter the other night?
Quote examples
Patti Smith
American Musician
My mother and father had so many ups and downs and stayed with each other and helped each other. My mother took in ironing and she was a waitress. My father was working in the factory and he did people's tax returns.
Quote examples
Christopher Guest
British Director
I haven't had to do anything outside of show business my whole life. I've never been a waiter. I've only worked and gotten paid. It hasn't been a classic example of someone slogging through the business.
Quote examples
Bill Bryson
American Writer
I once joked in a book that there are three things you can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company, you can't make a waiter see you until he is ready to see you, and you can't go home again.
Quote examples
Juno Temple
English Actress
There will always be ways to pay my rent, whether I wind up having to be a waitress on the side or whatever it is, but I think it's so important for me to do things that I'm passionate about.
Quote examples
Rodney Dangerfield
American Comedian
With my wife I don't get no respect. I made a toast on her birthday to 'the best woman a man ever had.' The waiter joined me.
Quote examples
Brandi Glanville
American Celebrity
If you're rude to waiters or waitstaff, I cannot handle that. I really think that shows your true personality.
Quote examples
Don Herold
American Writer
It is a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.
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