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15 Dec 2019
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Why is a table-cleaner in a restaurant called "busser/busboy/busgirl" when it has nothing to do with bus?
Why is a table-cleaner in a restaurant called "busser/busboy/busgirl" when it has nothing to do with bus?
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The term bus boy is shortened from the original term which was OMNI BUSBOY
which meant the employee did everything ( omni - which means all)
This word bus has nothing to do with the Moving vehicle Bus that transports people around town.
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