i wait tables.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Waiting staff are those who work at a restaurant or a bar, and sometimes in private homes, attending customers\u2014supplying them with food and drink as requested. A server or waiting staff takes on a very important role in a restaurant which is to always be attentive and accommodating to the customers. Each waiter follows rules and guidelines that are developed by the manager. Wait staff can abide by these rules by completing many different tasks throughout their shifts, such as food-running, polishing dishes and silverware, helping bus tables, and restocking working stations with needed supplies. Waiting on tables is (along with nursing and teaching) part of the service sector, and among the most common occupations in the United States. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that, as of May 2008, there were over 2.2 million persons employed as servers in the U.S. Many restaurants choose a specific uniform for their wait staff to wear. Waitstaff may receive tips as a minor or major part of their earnings, with customs varying widely from country to country. An individual waiting tables is commonly called a \"server\", \"front server\", \"waitress\" (women only), \"waiter\" (referring to men or either/any gender), \"member of the wait staff\", \"waitstaff\" or \"serving staff\" \"server\", \"waitperson\", or less commonly the 1980s American neologism \"waitron\".\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I used to wait tables and quite liked it. I believe it's one of the most important rolls in a restaurant as you're in direct contact with the customer."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes that is true, but a server cannot do their job successfully without the help of those who make the food or help in other ways."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Very true - it has to be a team effort. So long as everyone abides by the rules set by the manager, the establishment should run just fine!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is very true. Everyone must do their part for things to run smoothly."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes. I once worked with a girl who did nothing while I polished silverware, restocked work stations and the like. She was awful!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Hopefully your work was recognized and she was not rewarded for her laziness. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I was tipped a lot more than her - a major part of our earnings! Management eventually got rid of her, thankfully, and replaced her with someone much better."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is good. At least you were rewarded for your efforts."}]