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[–] [email protected] 14 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Just an aside. I worked well over 20 years in food service as a second job. I don't think "86" is a widespread term in food service, there are some of us that would know what you meant, but not many. If I had to guess, I would guess its origins were with the Trucking industry, specifically CB/shortwave radio operators since they abbreviated a TON of phrases with numbers.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I was mostly curious and love random trivia. So I looked it up and apparently it has a wiki page. It did actually originate in the restaurant/bar scene but way back in the 1920’s.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago

That explains it. I only knew the term because of a few of the old heads using it when I started in the mid '90s.