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Why were people who served food in ancient times called "shopkeepers"? Are all dishes called children?

We go to the hotel restaurant to eat now, and we always ask people to serve directly. Waiter? But in ancient times, everyone called them? Shop assistant? Let's see why.

In fact, in ancient times, there were waitresses in the shop, that is, the waitress, but at that time everyone called her the bartender, not the waitress. At first, those waiters called in the restaurant? Dude. But then it slowly became? Shop assistant? Yes Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a waiter named Wang Shi, who couldn't read and couldn't even write his own name well. He often writes the word Wang Shi very openly, which makes people think it is Wang Erxiao. Later, people often called him Erxiao to serve food, but later people thought it was a bit awkward to call him Erlai, so people gradually called him Erxiao? Shop assistant? Here we go. That's it? Shop assistant? The name spread, and later people in the same industry called them waiters? Shop assistant? .

Of course, this is just a story, a bit like a story made up by the world, but? Shop assistant? We can also explain it according to the present meaning, and it can also be explained.

For example, a store owner is the biggest, so the boss belongs to this store? Store owner? Then everyone else is below the boss, naturally ranking second. Shop assistant? It's also normal.

As for us, we don't care about those names now? Shop assistant? I think it is mainly related to the service concept of modern people and the operating nature of the store. At that time, the shops opened by the ancients were generally small shops, teahouses and the like, and those young people were responsible for serving food. Now we eat out and enjoy more services, so the catering industry has begun to fight for service quality, so we also call them? Waiter? Yes