When I was a student, I had a part-time job of being a waiter in a restaurant near school.
我还是学生的时候，我曾经在学校附近的餐厅兼职服务员。
I gave the waiter a tip.
我给服务员小费了。
He asked the waiter for the bill.
他把服务员叫来结账。
Waiter, could you please bring me the menu?" - 服务员，能给我菜单吗？
The waiter served us our food promptly after we ordered.
我们点完菜后，服务员立刻为我们上菜。
Excuse me, waiter, can I have a glass of water, please?" - 不好意思，服务员，能给我一杯水吗？
Could the waiter recommend a good wine to pair with the steak?" - 服务员能推荐一款与牛排搭配的好酒吗？
The waiter was very attentive and refilled our drinks without being asked.
这位服务员非常周到，没等我们开口就主动为我们添了饮料。
I need to flag down the waiter to pay the bill.
我需要找个服务员来结账。
Waiter, this soup is too salty, could you please replace it?" - 服务员，这汤太咸了，能帮我换一份吗？
The waiter suggested we try the daily special.
服务员建议我们试试今天的特色菜。
Can the waiter tell me what's in this dish?" - 服务员能告诉我这道菜的配料是什么吗？
The waiter apologized for the delay and offered us a complimentary dessert.
服务员为延迟上菜道歉，并且免费赠送了我们一份甜点。
- At a bustling hotpot restaurant in Southwest China's Sichuan province, waiters pour each pot of leftover oil into a funnel-shaped oil-water separator in the kitchen.
-在中国西南部四川省一家熙熙攘攘的火锅店，服务员将每锅剩油倒入厨房的漏斗形油水分离器中。
Wang Danqing, a waiter in a restaurant, has benefited from the shared-employment proposals.
He also greets and chitchats with chefs and waiters by names.
A food delivery driver surnamed Li, born in the 1990s, said he worked as a waiter most of the time after graduating junior middle school.
As for the reason, Li said as a waiter, he had to run around all day without much opportunity to take a break, and the working hours were too long with few holidays, leaving almost no free time.
He said waiters are prone to both physical and mental fatigue, and the salaries are generally not high, with limited room for advancement.
Wang Jun, a Hubei province native, who used to work as a waiter, now works as a ride-hailing driver in Nanjing.
The 25-year-old told China Food Newspaper that as a waiter, he needed to apologize for even the slightest of mistakes and often felt wronged.
In recent years, he said, food delivery drivers and ride-hailing drivers are much more respected than restaurant waiters.
Wang Xia, the owner of a barbecue restaurant in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, had a hard time hiring waiters due to rising labor costs, until Hangzhou Dfire Technology Co Ltd contacted her.