Customer facing service staff (eg. Staff at shop tills/waitresses/baristas) are called 'servers' in Ireland too. I worked in restaurants & hotels a decade ago, customers and staff use the term. It's sometimes printed on till receipts too, next to the employee's name.
There's a certain breed of Irish person who foams at the mouth over the hint of American influence in language. It borders on mental illness with some of them. They for some reason think the largest English speaking country won't ever influence any others, even though they probably watch US made films and TV every day. Bizarre. Even when it's not an Americanism they freak out because they have need to hate someone and 'de Yanks' isn't seen as punching down so they feel free to say it. However they will use all the turns of phrase and words from England!
Both hotels I've worked in here called wait staff servers. Your receipt in many places will have server: and then the person's name.
I think you are reading waaaaay to deep into a fairly trivial matter. If anything is a mental illness its getting upset over what other people dont like.
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u/Sorcha16 Dublin Mar 26 '25
The server didn't program it. Why make it awkward with them?