Idiom: wait tables
Meaning
Idiom: wait tables
- to serve customers food and beverages in a restaurant or cafe
Example sentences
- I waited tables for five years to pay expenses while I was in college.
- If you work at a fancy, upscale restaurant you can make great tips waiting tables but it’s really hard work.
- Waiting tables is a popular job for students and artists.
- I really don’t recommend waiting tables. I seriously injured my back carrying heavy trays of food when I was a waiter.
- Waiting tables is actually really fun at the right restaurant.
- My feet hurt so much after waiting tables all weekend.
- I waited tables for awhile until I saw how much the bartenders were making.
- Not only do I wait tables, but I'm also the hostess and busboy right now because we are short staffed. It sucks!
- After college, I had to wait tables for almost a year before I found an office job.
- I used to wait tables but now I make much more money in tips working behind the bar.
- I just started as a busboy and hope to get promoted to waiting tables within six months.
- It's unbelievable how men think they can talk to me suggestively when I wait tables.
- All my friends are working really hard waiting tables while I'm making easy money as an Instagram influencer.
Synonyms
- wait on someone
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