Hi, My Name Is Ernesto, And I’ll Be Your Customer Tonight

When your waiter introduces himself, "Hi, my name’s Jim, I’ll be your server…", why don’t we respond by telling him our names? Do you some people do this? I don’t think I ever have … nor have I ever really thought about it until the other night. It came up because the waitress working at our table was talking to David and HE introduced himself (after she asked him his name) … as Ian. I’m guessing there’s a basic status/role issue here — the relationship of server and the served. But in a society that’s become so informal in other ways, I wonder if this is being questioned. Then again, there may simply be a practical element to it. It would be a real pain for the waiter to have to remember everyone’s name at a table, while it’s easy for the party to remember the waiter’s name.

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