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In reply to the discussion: If you harrass/berate/shit on someone in the service industry because you feel like doing it... [View all]FBaggins
(26,731 posts)2. *Regardless* of the reasons behind it.
Behavior like that is inappropriate even if the motivation for your anger is justified.
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WilliamPitt
Aug 2012
OP
My daughter works in retail and the abuse she and her co-workers take from customers is repulsive...
Scuba
Aug 2012
#1
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
While generally a fine theory to keep in mind, gracing food with DNA is not as common as the public
Kurovski
Aug 2012
#10
yeah. never saw anything gross in years of working in kitchens. mostly just...
Tunkamerica
Aug 2012
#88
That is a good point, i suppose it's in keeping with the current mentality that there are always
Kurovski
Aug 2012
#137
I once read a hilarious web page with stories by waiters fucking with asshole customers...
Odin2005
Aug 2012
#76
Same here, and interestingly enough my kindness is usually returned. I also stick up for them when
smirkymonkey
Aug 2012
#127
I particularly enjoy giving shots to assholes. I would find an 18 gauge for that one. nt
eilen
Aug 2012
#102
Whenever I was dating, I'd see how my date treated busboys, waiters, cashiers, etc.
FSogol
Aug 2012
#13
I did that, too! I thought it was a great test of character to see how they treated service
IndyJones
Aug 2012
#139
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
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
Agreed. People that seek to aggrandize themselves on the servants this way suck.
freshwest
Aug 2012
#25
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
oh, i see what you mean. not sure "consumption society" is the right term, though.
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#51
i understand. just saying, 'consumption society' doesn't really express that, imo.
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#86
I was cleaning my anger while waiting in line at Starbucks- and it just went off! nt
Poll_Blind
Aug 2012
#37
The real trick is being the customer behind them when it happens and SAYING SOMETHING.
cecilfirefox
Aug 2012
#49
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
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
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 think everyone should be required to work in the service industry at least once..
siouxsiecreamcheese
Aug 2012
#84
It gives me a tremendous sense of pride in and gratitude for my fellow DUers
WilliamPitt
Aug 2012
#138