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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:02 PM Original message |
Be kind to fast-food employees...after what I witnessed last night |
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kayakjohnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Try to let it blow over. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I just felt sorry for the people at the counter who had to deal with this shit! |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. Rule of the streets: don't be a dick to people who serve you food. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Is this the whole "they'll spit in your food" stuff? or do other nasty things? |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It's much worse from the stories my friends have told me. |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
55. There used to be one of those "Old Spaghetti Factory"-style Italian Restaurants in Redwood City... |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. One of my good friends used to work at a Sizzler. Talk about half-assed. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. "oops, the hamburger fell on the floor, can I still serve it?" |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I wouldn't have minded the jalapeno juice...I like a spicy burger! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. Imagine this douchebag in rush hour traffic... |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Well...yeah! that's what is wrong with this fucking society right now! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
42. Oh, that really depends. |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's like this throughout the entire service industry. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I've been in the service industry all of my "working" life, that is 19 years |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
43. It can be hard for the hotblooded too |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. I used to work in fast food years ago. Many of the customers |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Our order was just fine...for what it's worth, and everyone else who was |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. I used to manage a Wendys |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. In that position the police are probably your best friends! |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. Handle it? Why should you handle it? |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I was talking about the perspective of the employee...I thought that was clear |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Oh. I see. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. They didn't even have the opportunity to make fun of the guy even after he left |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. After reading your reply a second time, I can't help but wonder where your |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. I have no sympathies for the customer whatsoever. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. I got yelled at once for selling an apple pie to a kid |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I'm sorry that happened to you |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Well, thanks, I came out of it relatively unscathed |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Do you SEE how fucking insane that situation is? It makes me question if |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
48. I was making $2.37 1/2 an hour at the time |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. That is just fucked up....don't know what else to say |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'd just be as pleasant as possible to the staff myself afterwards |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. why did she call the fucking police? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. It was her point of view that she was being robbed: she'd given |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. Give him his money plus this picture |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:46 PM Original message |
That says it all, doesn't it? I'm the customer with the tiny dick that's going |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'd give him his money back so he'd leave. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Oh, they did n/t |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. I was in a grocery store once... |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. that's how you do it, to a fucking T |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. That sounds like something out of Men who Stare at Goats! |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. All fast-food places should have Trap-Doors in front of the counter. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. NOBODY wants to go to the grease trap!! |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
35. I had some great responses here, thank you...I need to go to bed now |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
36. I used to see it at airline baggage and cargo counters a lot, sometimes at ticket counters... |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
38. When I worked in the food industry many years ago... |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:59 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. You are proud of being the cause of the problem? |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. I wasn't the cause of the problem. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
41. Wow, what a self-centered ASSHOLE! |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
44. Thanks for reminding me to write a comment to Wendy's |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
46. There are people out there |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
47. well, as a restaurant worker (bar tender and manager) |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
50. The motto "The Customer Is Always Right" is a joke and cost me two jobs. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
51. If it weren't for the fact that |
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BarbaRosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. That was my Dad's story also. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
52. He was too stupid to just scrape off the excess sauce??? |
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keroro gunsou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
53. quite out of line |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
56. That's why I always try to be nice to retail employees. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
57. I had to toss a couple of douchebags last night from where I work. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
59. people nowadays are prone to express themselves in spontaneous mass murder |
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