“When you wait for a waiter in a restaurant, aren’t you the waiter?”

“When you wait for a water in a restaurant, aren’t you the waiter?” is a one-line saying that has been printed on many images. “When we wait for a waiter in restaurant, Aren’t we the Waiter?” was cited on Twitter on June 16, 2010.
 
     
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Enzo Michelangeli
5/27/03
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Talking about which, I always wondered why in the restaurant one has to wait for a waiter (shouldn’t he be called a “waitee”?)
 
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Mufaddal Rampurwala
‏@mufaddal4u
@SrBachchan When we wait for a waiter in restaurant, Aren’t we the Waiter?
9:33 AM - 16 Jun 2010
 
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MetaStableState
‏@IyerSabarish
When you wait for a waiter, aren’t you the Waiter….??? 😊
11:51 PM - 4 Jul 2010
 
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Ayyala
‏@ayyala
RT-Sudheer: When u wait for a waiter at the restaurant , Are’nt you the waiter ?
10:19 AM - 1 Sep 2010
 
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keravoice
9/9/11
Super Awesome Thought…:-
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When You “Wait” For A Waiter In A Restaurant,
 
Aren’t You The Waiter….??
 
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When you’re waiting for the waiter, aren’t you actually the waiter? (self.shittyaskscience)
submitted July 16, 2014 by charlemagne_the_cat
 
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If your waiting for the waiter, aren’t you the waiter?
submitted September 19, 2014 by Pbplayer2327
 
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At a restaurant, while waiting for the waiter, do you become the waiter?
submitted January 28, 2015 by ThatWasAQuiche