Usage

wait‧er  /ˈweɪtər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[wey-ter]
–noun

1.	a person, esp. a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.

2.	a tray for carrying dishes, a tea service, etc.; salver.

3.	a person who waits or awaits.

4.	Obsolete. an attendant.

–verb (used without object)

5.	to work or serve as a waiter: to waiter in a restaurant.

During breakfast preparation this morning...

Lauren: Let's play restaurant.
Mom: Ok.
Lauren: You're making food so you get to be the cook.
Mom: All right. I'm the cook.
Lauren: And I'm waiting so I get to be the waiter.
Mom: Hmm. Ok.