Wednesday
Mar072007
Your Help Needed: Job Title Question
Unique occupations always intrigue this blog. Remember the French Polisher? Anyhoo, a conversation came up at work that has left us all stumped.
What do you call a person who brings food to your hotel room?
Help me out here...
They're not a waiter (how would you differentiate this on a resume?)
They're not a bellhop (unless they're bringing your bags WITH your food)
Food-bringer-upper?
Culinary Hospitality Consultant?
Is it as simple as the unglamorous title of Hotel Food Server?
Seriously. I'm baffled. What the heck are these folks called? Help!
Andrew G. Rosen
Reader Comments (3)
On a semi-related note, I was on a business trip once for a week, and the first night I ordered room service. Just a hamburger and a beer, something like that. Bill came to like $15 or something, so I scribbled another $5 on top of that and handed the bill back. The next night I'm in the same hotel, I order room service again. This time the guy ushers right past me, sets the tray down on the desk, rotates the tv around so that I can watch it while I'm having my dinner, flips open the napkin as if to put it on my lap once he waits for me to sit down...
...I eventually realized that the tip had already been factored into that $15 bill, and I'd tipped him something like 50% without realizing it. Got great service while I was there, though!
Yeah they've always answered the door "Room Service" so I thought that's what they were called. But I do think it's not the best title either.