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(53,235 posts)Server makes me think of a chilly room with a computer tower.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)it has the same root as "servant".
I use it as little as possible.
valerief
(53,235 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)And I've seen no such complaints on either his FB post or his page, which are frequented by mostly people in the "service industries." Maybe it's just on DU, as usual
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)I never liked the term for whatever reason. It just seems like more PC horseshit to avoid the gender distinction between "waiter" and "waitress". But I don't care enough to demand its disappearance.
Speaking of DU, how much you wanna bet "bitchy" will be alerted on...
kentauros
(29,414 posts)Etymology of "server." I think it predates "PC" by a bit
I wondered if anyone would take issue when I posted, but "Bitchy Waiter" is the guy's self-appointed title. If they don't like it, they can complain to him (and then become yet another one of his examples of bad customers)