Why I Ask The Waiter His or Her Name…
“I speak to everyone the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.” ~ Albert Einstein
About 7 years ago, I wrote about the issue I have with people assigning human worth to job titles.
For example, if you are a VP of Marketing, according to our system you are a more worthy and important person than a home health worker. And deserve to be treated in a better way.
Please, no.
My philosophy is to treat everyone in the better way.
On shows like American Idol, there were contestants with a wide variety of jobs, many of them low paid. Once they won the show, they were held in high regard because they left those jobs behind.
That people value them more makes once they appeared on the show makes no sense.
This is why I always ask the waiter for his or her name. Right off the bat. And always call them by their name rather than,”waitress.” (I did some research and it seemed that most wait staff of any gender preferred to be called waiters, not waitresses or food servers.)] (more…)
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