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30. My business is basically a service business but I am much sought after...
Fri Aug 3, 2012, 01:53 PM
Aug 2012

with a long waiting list. If I don't like the way I'm treated I just fire my clients on the spot. Sometimes there is a bit of a backlash but it's worth it. I don't take shit from anyone and my entire client list are the sweetest people in the world. Most are Democrats and the ones that aren't are way too scared to utter right wing bullshit in my presence.

It's good to be the queen!

My daughter works in retail and the abuse she and her co-workers take from customers is repulsive... Scuba Aug 2012 #1
there's something mean lurking in us Whisp Aug 2012 #48
I think some people learn this behavior from their parents flamingdem Aug 2012 #133
+1 Tee-hee. n/t Smarmie Doofus Aug 2012 #126
*Regardless* of the reasons behind it. FBaggins Aug 2012 #2
More than half the people I ever worked with in service jobs were going to college. DCKit Aug 2012 #3
What amazes me is how many people don't seem aware that others will judge you by how you gkhouston Aug 2012 #64
To me, that's a litmus test of a person's character. How s/he treats raccoon Aug 2012 #96
I used to have a boss that would call his wife and just SCREAM at her Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #101
Poor woman. nt raccoon Aug 2012 #110
I ride by his home every day on my way home from work Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #114
This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Aug 2012 #4
never screw with someone who touches/serves your food NightWatcher Aug 2012 #5
...with a side of 'Waiting' WilliamPitt Aug 2012 #9
I found the best scene...hold your stomachs folks. canuckledragger Aug 2012 #24
yeah in my case it was drivethrough window experience arely staircase Aug 2012 #70
While generally a fine theory to keep in mind, gracing food with DNA is not as common as the public Kurovski Aug 2012 #10
Thanks but I won't be testing that theory anytime soon! Walk away Aug 2012 #26
Keep right on telling yourself that. 99Forever Aug 2012 #33
I worked in the business for seventeen years. Kurovski Aug 2012 #36
yeah. never saw anything gross in years of working in kitchens. mostly just... Tunkamerica Aug 2012 #88
Thank you. Gormy Cuss Aug 2012 #136
That is a good point, i suppose it's in keeping with the current mentality that there are always Kurovski Aug 2012 #137
"This tastes like piss and flies, doesn't it"? -..__... Aug 2012 #42
Yep or has scissor at your head. nt valerief Aug 2012 #43
I once read a hilarious web page with stories by waiters fucking with asshole customers... Odin2005 Aug 2012 #76
Even without that, people who do so are just assholes. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #83
My daughter works in retail at an outlet store Redford Aug 2012 #6
It's an incredibly obnoxious thing to do sibelian Aug 2012 #7
NEVER simply WATCH it happen! Skittles Aug 2012 #15
I remember once standing in line behind an exec at our office cafeteria magical thyme Aug 2012 #29
I'm obviously too British... sibelian Aug 2012 #35
me and my brother as English school kids Skittles Aug 2012 #61
Oh, which of you is in the kilt? sibelian Aug 2012 #82
yeah, me in the kilt Skittles Aug 2012 #130
YAAAAAAYYY!!! sibelian Aug 2012 #144
I LOVED the kilt pin Skittles Aug 2012 #145
I thought you were American. You talk like one. raccoon Aug 2012 #97
I am indeed American Skittles Aug 2012 #131
What a great photo, Skittles! Cooley Hurd Aug 2012 #98
I don't know what is in my hand in that pic Skittles Aug 2012 #132
When you catch someone out behaving badly to clerks annabanana Aug 2012 #71
yes it IS!!! Skittles Aug 2012 #135
And I can bet you crack open the proverbial can of whoopass on them. Quantess Aug 2012 #95
CORRECT!!! Skittles Aug 2012 #134
Good thread. Nothing makes me madder Populist_Prole Aug 2012 #8
+1 freshwest Aug 2012 #28
Same here, and interestingly enough my kindness is usually returned. I also stick up for them when smirkymonkey Aug 2012 #127
Actually that's a good way to test a person Populist_Prole Aug 2012 #129
Because, eventually, they'll end up treating you that way. smirkymonkey Aug 2012 #141
I worked for a year at a well known pharmacy chain part time Marrah_G Aug 2012 #11
I used to work at Walgreens TheFarseer Aug 2012 #103
Sometimes I wonder if people do HappyMe Aug 2012 #12
Yes they know they can get away with their power trips, so they do it. darkangel218 Aug 2012 #16
If a patient loses it, HappyMe Aug 2012 #19
yep azurnoir Aug 2012 #52
I particularly enjoy giving shots to assholes. I would find an 18 gauge for that one. nt eilen Aug 2012 #102
A lot of these people get pushed around at work, at home, where ever, CrispyQ Aug 2012 #31
h femrap Aug 2012 #62
"I just want to be a hermit." CrispyQ Aug 2012 #63
This message was self-deleted by its author femrap Aug 2012 #74
I feel like I'm living in a different universe than you guys. noamnety Aug 2012 #106
Precisely Sherman A1 Aug 2012 #85
Whenever I was dating, I'd see how my date treated busboys, waiters, cashiers, etc. FSogol Aug 2012 #13
Me too. CrispyQ Aug 2012 #34
Someone who is rude to a waitress Freddie Aug 2012 #39
Yep. Very Telling. n/t BrendaBrick Aug 2012 #47
+1 uponit7771 Aug 2012 #55
A well known test that assholes make sure to pass Tunkamerica Aug 2012 #89
I did that, too! I thought it was a great test of character to see how they treated service IndyJones Aug 2012 #139
NOT ME Skittles Aug 2012 #14
You have also failed... agent46 Aug 2012 #17
The reason people do it is because they know the employee can't talk back to them Major Nikon Aug 2012 #18
Sure the employee can talk back... problem is, most of the employees don't realize it. LooseWilly Aug 2012 #87
I think most retail employees realize they won't get away with it without being fired Major Nikon Aug 2012 #94
I got insulted by a telemarketer the other day. Initech Aug 2012 #20
Never. Maybe I'm just lucky, but I can't even remember the last time I had bad service from anybody Booster Aug 2012 #21
I brought up an incident about this recently reflection Aug 2012 #22
A most excellent on that restaurant manager/owner! CrispyQ Aug 2012 #38
Absolutely. Wait Wut Aug 2012 #23
Agreed. People that seek to aggrandize themselves on the servants this way suck. freshwest Aug 2012 #25
You all did a wonderful thing susanr516 Aug 2012 #59
I always judge a person by the way they treat service workers nichomachus Aug 2012 #27
My business is basically a service business but I am much sought after... Walk away Aug 2012 #30
The Source for All of Our Economic, Political, Financial, and Social Problems Is.... Yavin4 Aug 2012 #32
huh? you have to consume to live. people have always consumed & traded, i don't think that HiPointDem Aug 2012 #46
In the past, we had a balance between consumption and production Yavin4 Aug 2012 #50
oh, i see what you mean. not sure "consumption society" is the right term, though. HiPointDem Aug 2012 #51
It's similar to this stopwastingmymoney Aug 2012 #68
i understand. just saying, 'consumption society' doesn't really express that, imo. HiPointDem Aug 2012 #86
maybe you do. but most people realize they're in the same boat. Tunkamerica Aug 2012 #90
I was cleaning my anger while waiting in line at Starbucks- and it just went off! nt Poll_Blind Aug 2012 #37
It's bullying plain and simple 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #40
Spending a night or two in jail for it would correct the problem... Comrade_McKenzie Aug 2012 #41
A head waiter recently told me of a story about a customer. geardaddy Aug 2012 #44
That's kind of sad and submissive sounding :-( Walk away Aug 2012 #77
Sounds more like a "Power Bottom" Kurovski Aug 2012 #107
I think what he was saying was that the guy should go fuck himself. geardaddy Aug 2012 #142
"Rachel Needs a Vacation" fund raiser... -..__... Aug 2012 #45
The real trick is being the customer behind them when it happens and SAYING SOMETHING. cecilfirefox Aug 2012 #49
Same here! LeftofObama Aug 2012 #56
I was in that kind of situation recently... begin_within Aug 2012 #73
Reminds me of a story a friend told me years ago. He was on an out of town job as a painter with a Citizen Worker Aug 2012 #53
funny Tunkamerica Aug 2012 #91
Much Of It Is Race Based Too Boot DallasNE Aug 2012 #54
'Pretty in/Pretty' out. (as opposed to 'garbage in/garbage' out). chknltl Aug 2012 #57
It's karma in the micro stopwastingmymoney Aug 2012 #69
Almost like they're real people... maybe they'll give you free pie. Tunkamerica Aug 2012 #92
I used to work at the county appraisers office; measuring houses in Kansas. Blanks Aug 2012 #58
I'm a lunch lady in an elementary school Cairycat Aug 2012 #60
Sounds like you are on the front-lines there Cairycat, BrendaBrick Aug 2012 #66
I got out of the service industry because I realized that the customers GoneOffShore Aug 2012 #65
I Used To Tell My Fellow Service Workers... "We Are Here To Serve Them, But... WillyT Aug 2012 #67
D.Z. Akin's has a note on the menu, "Too much aggravation to server, $1 surcharge." begin_within Aug 2012 #72
I have noticed that more money a person has, the more likely they are to shit on waiters. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #75
One of THE most revealing behaviors ever. patrice Aug 2012 #78
I only berate when needed. . .like when my service is shitty, my server has an attitude problem and Suji to Seoul Aug 2012 #79
I was for ten years a ticket agent at National Airport in Washington, DC. SheilaT Aug 2012 #80
I've never understood people who feel the need to act badly. Stonepounder Aug 2012 #81
There is a *LOT* to that HillWilliam Aug 2012 #120
I think everyone should be required to work in the service industry at least once.. siouxsiecreamcheese Aug 2012 #84
Yes, it's a real eye-opener slackmaster Aug 2012 #93
"La Seur peas" oh that made me laugh nadine_mn Aug 2012 #146
My daughter Doc Holliday Aug 2012 #99
I work as a security guard Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #100
I learned fast that as a Civil Servant you have even less rights ... bayareaboy Aug 2012 #104
Respect and a Hello/Good morning elbloggoZY27 Aug 2012 #105
I have zero tolerance for petty tyrants. Zorra Aug 2012 #108
+1 n/t area51 Aug 2012 #109
It happens on both sides of the aisle IMO lunasun Aug 2012 #111
I have never harassed, berated or insulted a service worker. RebelOne Aug 2012 #112
Agreed. I'm in telephone customer service. mwooldri Aug 2012 #113
I've worked burger-flipping jobs myself when I was younger. backscatter712 Aug 2012 #115
I don't think JonLP24 Aug 2012 #116
You mean like this? crazyjoe Aug 2012 #117
^^^^^Precisely Like THAT^^^^^ NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #143
I always tip well and the wife didn't get it at first. sarcasmo Aug 2012 #118
Agree. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #119
I only berate them when they're incompetent. TransitJohn Aug 2012 #121
I agree - Zax2me Aug 2012 #122
People in the service industry OWE you good service. Bonobo Aug 2012 #123
Nobody getting paid $7.50 an hr owes anyone who abuses them anything. Zorra Aug 2012 #124
Yes they do. Bonobo Aug 2012 #125
"Western sense of entitlement"? LOL. Yeah, I suppose that's true... Zorra Aug 2012 #128
It gives me a tremendous sense of pride in and gratitude for my fellow DUers WilliamPitt Aug 2012 #138
I've never understood people who belittle service workers. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #140
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