On Fri 11 Jul 2008 04:26:19a, Michael "Dog3" told us...

> "kilikini" > news:48761a46$0$2928
> : in rec.food.cooking
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>> blake murphy wrote:
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>>> there were a couple of places in d.c. and the suburbs that in the
>>> eighties referred to servers as 'waitrons,' thinking i guess to avoid
>>> the sexist 'waiters' or 'waitresses.' i think that the intent was
>>> slightly ironic, but it struck me as *much* more demeaning.
>>>
>>
>> Waitron? That sounds more like a waitstaff moron than something
>> complimentary.
>
> Gawd... and we used to call ourselves "food units".
>
> Michael
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I think "waitron" sounds more like a robot.

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