I'd rather be a footman than wait on someone who ought to be a footman himself.

我宁愿当男仆也不愿服侍个下等人。

" To wait on" someone is to take care of them.

“伺候” 某人就是照顾他们。

That's " to wait on." You could also wait on someone not in a restaurant.

那就是“等待”。您也可以等待不在餐厅的人。

Zsolti wants to know the meaning of the expressions " to wait on" someone and " to wait for" someone.

Zsolti 想知道“等待”某人和“等待”某人这两个表达方式的含义。

" To wait on (someone)" means to help someone at a store or to be in a restaurant, and taking their order, and bringing them their food, and so forth.

“等候（某人）”是指在商店或餐厅帮助某人，接受他们的订单，为他们送餐等等。

When we say we are " waiting on" someone, we usually mean that we are working in a restaurant as a waitress, a waiter, or what's now more generally called a " server."

当我们说我们在“等待”某人时，我们通常是指我们在一家餐馆工作， 担任女服务员、服务员， 或者现在更普遍地称为“服务员” 。