waiter
Let an agent describe the waiter as an occupation, explain roles and skills, relay training, pay, tipping and labour standards from official sources, and distinguish waiters from baristas, bartenders and other hospitality roles.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent describe the waiter as an occupation, explain roles and skills, relay training, pay, tipping and labour standards from official sources, and distinguish waiters from baristas, bartenders and other hospitality roles.
A person who serves food and drink to customers at tables in restaurants, cafes, bars and events, taking orders, delivering dishes and handling payment, in roles from formal service to casual dining, with regional forms such as the Cologne Koebes and the Uzbek ayoqchi, related roles such as baristas, and themed service roles used by some venues; waiting is a large occupation in hospitality with training, tipping customs and labour standards that vary by country.
What it is for: Serving customers in food and drink venues.
It can be describe the occupation and roles; relay training and skills; relay pay, tipping and labour standards; distinguish related roles.
Distinguishing features
Table service
Customer interaction
Tipping customs
Regional traditions
What it looks like
A staff member in uniform or dress code serving tables with trays, notepads or handheld devices.
How it is recognised
Serves food and drink at tables
Formal, casual, regional and themed forms
Baristas make coffee; bartenders serve at the bar; hosts seat guests
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
works in - and similar venues
is contrasted with - who serves at the bar
In practice
Families and kinds
restaurant waiters and waitresses
formal service roles such as head waiter and sommelier
regional roles such as the Koebes of Cologne and the ayoqchi
baristas and cafe servers as related roles
themed and costumed service roles used by some venues
banquet and event servers
Identifiers
ISCO-08 5131 waiters
Standards and regulation
Food hygiene training requirements
Labour law on wages, tips and hours
Alcohol service licensing and age rules
Anti-discrimination and harassment protections
Failure modes and hazards
Low pay and tip dependence
Harassment, documented in workplace studies
Confusing roles
Registry alias noise
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.waiter-person
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Role What a waiter does.
Definition.
Work
The work.
Work
Work.
- What does a waiter do, and what roles exist in table service? definition
- Is the question about a waiter, a barista, a bartender or a host? boundary
Skills
Skills and training.
Skills
Skills.
- What skills and training does waiting require, including hygiene and service standards? definition
- Which entry fits the specific role? action
Conditions Pay and conditions.
Sources.
Pay
Pay and tipping.
Pay
Pay.
- How are waiters paid, and how do tipping customs and laws vary, with sources? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Rights
Rights and protections.
Rights
Rights.
- What labour protections apply, and what do studies report about working conditions, with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Culture Regional and cultural forms.
Context.
Regional
Regional roles.
Regional
Regional.
- What are regional service traditions such as the Koebes and the ayoqchi? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific tradition? action
Etiquette
Service etiquette.
Etiquette
Etiquette.
- What service and dining etiquette applies in different cultures? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Context History and change.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the waiter occupation develop with restaurants and cafes? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of restaurants? action
Change
Technology and change.
Change
Change.
- How are ordering technology and labour shortages changing the occupation? provenance
- Which entry fits the hospitality industry? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should barista and sommelier be separate entries?
- How should labour standards be linked by country?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming regional and themed roles; should they be split off?