Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Fri 11 Jul 2008 04:26:19a, Michael "Dog3" told us...
>
>> "kilikini" > news:48761a46$0$2928
>> : in rec.food.cooking
>>
>>> blake murphy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>
> I think "waitron" sounds more like a robot.

I was going to say that next. :~)

kili