Learn Italian: Sbrigati a leggere la comanda, che i clienti aspettano! - Hurry up and read the order ticket, because the customers are waiting!

This is an example of the informal causal che. In spoken Italian, che is frequently used as a conjunction to link a command or statement to the reason behind it. It justifies the command Sbrigati (Hurry up). While you could grammatically use perché or dato che, using che is extremely common and natural in everyday conversation.

Is la comanda different from l'ordine?

Yes! La comanda is specifically the order ticket or docket used in restaurants, cafes, and bars to send a customer's food or drink request to the kitchen. L'ordine is a much broader word for an order, used for things like online shopping, business shipments, or strict commands.

Why is there an a between Sbrigati and leggere?

The reflexive verb sbrigarsi (to hurry up) requires the preposition a when it is followed by another verb in the infinitive. If you want to say "hurry up and do [something]" in Italian, the structure is always sbrigarsi a [infinitive].

The English translation says "are waiting". Why does the Italian use the simple present aspettano instead of stanno aspettando?