Historical clue formulations

• Stays in line, say — 2026-02-25
• Takes orders at a restaurant — 2025-07-13
• Takes orders — 2023-12-02
• Serves, with "on" — 2023-02-05
• Works at a restaurant … or what many diners experience at popular restaurants — 2022-11-03
• Works in a cafe, maybe — 2022-10-08
• Twiddles one's thumbs, say — 2021-01-07
• Theme park annoyances — 2018-07-08
• Cools one's heels — 2018-05-13
• John with the 1984 #1 hit "Missing You" — 2015-06-06
• Hangs on — 2013-06-14
• Takes orders, say — 2013-05-10
• Does a garçon's job — 2007-04-16
• Stands by — 2006-09-02
• Doesn't take off — 2003-01-10
• Times on lines — 2001-06-24