Buspeople

[Maybo]

What is buspeople?

 

[White Hat]

I think it is related to busboys. According to thefreedictionary.com, a busboy is 'a restaurant employee who clears away dirty dishes, sets tables, and serves as an assistant to the wait staff'.

 

[Rover_KE]

What is Who are buspeople?

 

[SoothingDave]

I think it is related to busboys. According to thefreedictionary.com, a busboy is 'a restaurant employee who clears away dirty dishes, sets tables, and serves as an assistant to the wait staff'.

It's an awkward attempt to invent a word to avoid language that appears to some to only refer to males. Girls can be busboys.

 

[Rover_KE]

The word (or any variation of it) is not used in BE.

 

[SoothingDave]

Do you mean you don't have "busboys" in the UK? Or just this politically correct alteration?

 

[Rover_KE]

In the UK, the wait staff set and clear the tables.

 

[emsr2d2]

We've never used it. They've always just been called waiters and waitresses. Generally, these days, they're all just waiters, regardless of gender. As Rover said, cafes/restaurants in the UK don't employ separate staff to set/clear tables. It's all done by the waiters.