[porkmarras]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

i don't think that people OWE me to be friendly. for example, i don't care for waiters who introduce themselves "hi im such and such and i'll be your waiter tonight"-- what the fuck do i care? just bring me my food quickly and keep the beers coming and i'll consider you friend enough to leave you a fat tip. store employees need to be helpful but they don't need to be my buddies-- i mean i had a lot of friends working in a video store and the friendship went beyond the commercial transaction so of course we talked & stuff, but a stranger?

where i have problems with is BAD customer service, people who sigh when you ask them questions, refuse to help when they are required to, and act like they rather be somewhere else. in that case i often start talking VERY LOUD, ask them point blank if they think i'm some kind of asshole and i'm going to let them get away with that shit (i tend to look quite threatening while i'm doing that), and finally add that if they hate their crummy job they should look for something else instead of getting it out on their customers. oh yes i've done that. got apologies and meek responses usually. never tried it at the butcher shop. that could be dangerous.

a caveat, however: i was a waiter for 2 months. don't piss of your waiters or they'll spit on your food. or feed you pubes. or worse...

You wouldn't survive 5 minutes in a busy gay pub.