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Comment Card for Servers (Original Post) kentauros Sep 2015 OP
I really hate the title server. I don't know why they can't be called waiters (both genders). valerief Sep 2015 #1
And "server" is more dismissive... TreasonousBastard Sep 2015 #2
Yeah! Maybe that's why I dislike it so much. Thanks. nt valerief Sep 2015 #3
Well, the Bitchy Waiter doesn't seem to have a problem with it. kentauros Sep 2015 #4
Could be DU, but... TreasonousBastard Sep 2015 #5
It's also an old word, dating back to the 14th century. kentauros Sep 2015 #6
So I shouldn't snap my fingers and yell, garçon? Major Nikon Sep 2015 #7
No. valerief Sep 2015 #8

valerief

(53,235 posts)
1. I really hate the title server. I don't know why they can't be called waiters (both genders).
Thu Sep 24, 2015, 12:21 PM
Sep 2015

Server makes me think of a chilly room with a computer tower.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
4. Well, the Bitchy Waiter doesn't seem to have a problem with it.
Thu Sep 24, 2015, 01:18 PM
Sep 2015

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)
5. Could be DU, but...
Thu Sep 24, 2015, 02:10 PM
Sep 2015

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)
6. It's also an old word, dating back to the 14th century.
Thu Sep 24, 2015, 03:16 PM
Sep 2015

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)

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