Bring wine selections to tables with appropriate glasses, and pour the wines for customers.

“Bring wine selections to tables with appropriate glasses, and pour the wines for customers.” is a core task performed by Waiters and Waitresses. Among the occupation's 25 rated tasks, workers place it 3rd by importance (#23 most important). About 53% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Provide food or beverage services. in Performing General Physical Activities

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Collect payments from customers. · importance 4.9
• Check patrons' identification to ensure that they meet minimum age requirements for consumption of alcoholic beverages. · importance 4.9
• Write patrons' food orders on order slips, memorize orders, or enter orders into computers for transmittal to kitchen staff. · importance 4.8
• Check with customers to ensure that they are enjoying their meals, and take action to correct any problems. · importance 4.8
• Take orders from patrons for food or beverages. · importance 4.8
• Prepare checks that itemize and total meal costs and sales taxes. · importance 4.7
• Remove dishes and glasses from tables or counters, and take them to kitchen for cleaning. · importance 4.7
• Clean tables or counters after patrons have finished dining. · importance 4.7
• Serve food or beverages to patrons, and prepare or serve specialty dishes at tables as required. · importance 4.6
• Perform cleaning duties, such as sweeping and mopping floors, vacuuming carpet, tidying up server station, taking out trash, or checking and cleaning bathroom. · importance 4.5
• Present menus to patrons and answer questions about menu items, making recommendations upon request. · importance 4.5
• Prepare tables for meals, including setting up items such as linens, silverware, and glassware. · importance 4.4
• Stock service areas with supplies such as coffee, food, tableware, and linens. · importance 4.4
• Roll silverware, set up food stations, or set up dining areas to prepare for the next shift or for large parties. · importance 4.4

See all tasks on the Waiters and Waitresses page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-2295,
  title  = {Bring wine selections to tables with appropriate glasses, and pour the wines for customers.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-2295}
}