He had been previously employed as a store clerk, a waiter, and a bartender. He worked a variety of jobs including construction, bartender, waiter, and apprentice motorcycle mechanic. His first interview was with a waiter at the restaurant. He later became a Pullman waiter or chef on the railways. Al Nahyan spent several months working as a waiter in a local restaurant. Povenmire also supported himself as a waiter and performer at a dinner theater. The restaurant owner does not make of profit from the tips earned by the waiter. He started working small jobs, such as a taxi driver, waiter, and painter. He also worked as a waiter during that time. Robert Culp makes an uncredited cameo appearance as an inebriated Turkish waiter. He then had a string of waiter jobs. The note was meant for Dorcas, who reminded the waiter of his mother. During his teenage years he worked as a binman, waiter and hod carrier. In the pilot, he is seen asking a black waiter about the waiter's cigarette preferences. It is implied that the waiter is Severian's father.