Wait on you, serve you
Boy: Supper! you said we were going to have dinner.
Mom: Oh, supper means dinner. It's the same thing really.
Now, you'll be the customer and I'll be the waiter. Please sit down, sir.
Boy: OK. Oh, thank you. Now, you're going to, how do you say it, Wait on me?
Mom: Yes, I'm going to wait on you. I'm going to serve you, and first of all,
I'm going to serve you some soup.
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What do " wait on you" and "serve you" mean in this dialogue?
"be a servant to, to act as a servant"? OR "to place food before (someone)"?
Thank you
Top answer
In this case "wait on you" means to perform the role of a waiter for a customer in a restaurant. "serve you" means place food before you (and perhaps also do some fiddling around putting food items on plates, or pouring drinks, that sort of thing).
- In this case "wait on you" means to perform the role of a waiter for a customer in a restaurant.
- "serve you" means place food before you (and perhaps also do some fiddling around putting food items on plates, or pouring drinks, that sort of thing).
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In this case "wait on you" means to perform the role of a waiter for a customer in a restaurant. "serve you" means place food before you (and perhaps also do some fiddling around putting food items on plates, or pouring drinks, that sort of thing).
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