You can get away with a lot of zingers from behind bullet-proof glass.
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Okay, tbh that's not on anon this time
FYI: service industry is obligated to be nice to you. Please don't flirt back.
service industry isn't obligated to comment on my looks.
they should just smile and ask me how my day is. don't be personal.
As a European, asking how I'm doing is already too far. It was quite confusing when I went to the US.
how are ya doin'?
😱
if you say anything other than 'good, great, swell' we think you're mentally ill and we hate you.
once you learn this, and just say 'good!' it's as if they never asked and you never replied at all.
Oh sure, I had no trouble answering to this after a couple instances. But the first times I was very surprised! I thought the cashier was flirting with me haha. After that I answered "very good, thanks" and basta.
Being nice does not equal flirting
Please don't be nice back. Verbally assault service workers. They appreciate it.
Fuck off, asshole!
Am I doing it right?
No. You're suppose to complain about your food being slightly wrong or not having the right thing that you didn't requiest and you're suppose to blame them and then demand a free meal as compensation
It's also best if the 'right thing' is not available in the store at all. Make sure to complain about things that the store has no control over as well like the CEOs political views. Position this as something for the cashier to solve personally.
example: Wait person! There is only one hair in my three hair soup! I demand satisfaction! Pistols at dawn or are you more of a chess boxing person?
Flirting and being nice are two different things. However most people don't know that difference. Especially if they never had anyone genuinely being nice to them.
and lots of service people flirt to get bigger tips, and it's fake AF.
Like every other waitress loves to tell me how young I look for my age. I know they are lying trying to get an extra few bucks. The bartenders/waiters don't do that... but they are friendly and chill.
Guess who I tip more?
wait i've read this joke before. the one with a bigger owl?
Is this an American thing? You guys can't just take an order you need a big smile and then flirt and compliment every single customer?
Sounds rough
Welcome to Costco I love you
Everyone's job tells them to do it, but 10% actually care.
I think with enough spite, we can push that into single-digit territory. Who's with me?
Sounds like someone only has the minimum amount of flare 😬
Oh, this is what people mean when they say "Don't be a stan"? I thought they were just being racist towards Central Asia...
If you’re actually serious, being a “Stan” originates from the song called “Stan” by Eminem, where a guy named Stan is an extremely obsessed fan
I was only half-serious
Yes this is the cultural reference that Stan originates from. The vest flair guy.
Great, Tashkent is back on the bucket list!
yes, our culture is so fucking weird.
and if you don't smile and flirt then you get fired. the customers don't even care, but the management does.
our cashiers also can't sit down, ever.
Everyone hates working for American companies when they try and push American customer service onto anyone else.
I don't want to be told thank you for calling the company, I'm calling because there's a problem because I want something not to have a chat. It's so cringe-worthy.
You don't need to smile and flirt with every customer... but then NO TIP!! And then you can't afford your apartment's rent. Might not even be able to afford enough food to make it through the month. But it's your choice. Land of the free.
We're tipping convenience store clerks now?
With Square payment terminals at any store, tips are just a mis-tap away
Tip jars have been a thing in small stores for a long time. Its usually where people drop their pennies and nickles.
I’m not from be US. The first time I learned about give a penny, take a penny was on My Name is Earl. Is it really a thing?
Tip jars are different than give a penny take a penny. Tips are for the employees.
The penny thing was from back when cash was regularly used and pennies were annoying so sometimes stores would have a little dish thing for pennies to be used for rounding out purchases. The gas station I worked at in the 90s had them because we didn't need to keep as many pennies on hand for making change when we could use a spare penny to avoid giving out four.
So your store relied on charity to steal pennies for the company... sounds about right
We always put a few pennies in when it emptied out and never put pennies back into the register. At best it was the company spending a small amount for customers to trade pennies around both to benefit them and the company.
When I paid with cash I loved the give a penny take a penny.
Are you thinking of those charity jars where people donate loose change? That is something completely different and no we did not have those charity jars in the store.
My place technically allows it, by the left over change people didn't want from their gas/snacks. I usually get about an extra dollar every shift, from all the extra coins.
I then usually keep all the pennies in a coffee tin and then take them to a coinstar.
I'm pretty sure they aren't supposed to talk you out of your expensive and addictive purchases.
They totally blew it by asking if she was being genuine...
what is your suggested reply?
I gotta level the playing field for everyone else somehow
The best one I can think of right now would be something like "I get to talk to cute girls more often." But almost anything else would be better.
Maybe you could ruin your good looks by dating someone like me?
Nah, keep smoking, maybe get cancer, you'll finally have something to talk about at parties.
Oh yes, cancer issues are a party topic favourite.
you'll finally have something to talk about at parties.
Using a cool robot voice