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cross-posted from: https://jorts.horse/users/fathermcgruder/statuses/111734226439984153

Elder waitresses should be called something else, like waitrons or waitriarchs.

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 61 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Server. Everyone is a server.

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 35 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

And a group of servers is called a kubernetes.

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Shouldn't it be a "cluster"?

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I thought about that, but I didn't think that got the joke across as well. Probably overthought it but 🤷‍♂️

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I doubt many people outside of IT know what Kubernetes is 😅. At least with "Cluster" you get a "Why?" Instead of "What?".

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 3 points 10 months ago

Right, but at least for now that's most of the demographic on Lemmy.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Academically perhaps. In the field it's colloquially called a "hospitality night".

[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 11 points 10 months ago

Nginx wench

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Using which Linux distro?

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I am super lazy so I often pick terms like this by default so I don't have to spend cycles thinking about age or gender.

[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 18 points 10 months ago

Waitress superior

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

Waitriarchs is very witty, well done.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

You’re thinking of an Eldritch Waitress. What OP meant was a waitress that fuses metal objects together.

[–] Aremel@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's a wailder. OP was thinking of a waitress that works with locks.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That's a waitcracker. OP was thinking of a waitress who just walks into a house of bears, eats their food and falls asleep.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 points 10 months ago

"Bar wench! Where's me grog?!"

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 4 points 10 months ago

In a few languages you refer to people based on their relative age vs yourself. So a young waitress is one word, a older waitress is another, etc.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I don't know. They seem more powerful.

[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Meaningless titles with superfluous connotations just leads us to more useless middle management.

We don't need a new term.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Should new ones be called waitrwards?

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Fellow human seems to work.

[–] daemoz@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

hey are you a fellow human? yeah cool grab me a glass of water please uhh i don't work here

We are hiring a fellow human for low wages but you might get great tips what do i need to do? youll be a servant to rude dirtbags. can i call myself a waitress instead please? No our culture requires official titles to be fellow human for all staff and patrons and you will all go by the name Sam

[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, but if I start shouting that in a restaurant I'm going to get everyone's attention instead of the old lady responsible for my meal.