Re:Square Terminal
by dragonwriter on Thursday October 18, 2018 @06:44PM
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> waitron [1]
Or, if you don't want to sound like you are describing a robot using a term Merriam-Webster describes as “vaguely disparaging” [0], you could use the gender neutral term almost universally used in the industry, “server”.
Re:Square Terminal
by taejo on Friday October 19, 2018 @04:14AM
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Thanks. In South Africa "waitron" is standard, and I hate it, and most people from outside the country just have a "wut" reaction. "Server" is much better.
Or, if you don't want to sound like you are describing a robot using a term Merriam-Webster describes as “vaguely disparaging” [0], you could use the gender neutral term almost universally used in the industry, “server”.
[0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waitron