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Hubris Boy · 08-25-2006, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

I'm with you on #4 man. Last weekend Jackie and I spotted a spoiler on an Audi TT. It looked utterly vomitorious. I'm sure if the vehicle is driven fast enough to make the spoiler have any effect, it'll just rip off the entire rear hatch. Nothing is more offensive than taking that beautiful German design and bolting a handicapped-stall handrail to it. It's like putting a red acrylic border around the Mona Lisa.

Yes!

This good idea!

Good! Good!

Ogg make more art now.

Ogg say this poignant juxtaposition of innocent beauty encumbered by visual metaphor for sterile post-modern society.

Good! Good!

Ogg must go wait now for grant from John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

maninthebox · 08-25-2006, 08:22 AM

I agree with everything everyone said here. Especially dumb drivers. ugh Now, I work for an office supply superstore, and the one thing that really ticks me off is people that can't get thier computer, printer, whatever working, and they blame it on us. I had one guy come with his laptop and was having problems with the charger. He said he'd never buy another Staples laptop again. (It was made by Compaq. Never knew Staples made laptops!) I love stupid people.

limey · 08-25-2006, 01:47 PM

Dumb drivers - special category "Tourists". yes, I know I live in a beautiful rural area with lots to see from the road, and I know that you tourists pay my wages, and I'm glad you come here, I really am, and I totally understand why you have to drive at 15-20 miles per hour along these twisty roads, they're twisty and you need to look at all the beauty around you not at the the roads, after all ... but WHY must you move to the middle of the road, or speed up, when the road straightens up to one of the few places where I can actually pass you safely? And a special prize for the git who stopped on a hairpin bend (literally, road turns through 130 degrees) yesterday. WHAT????????????

Brooke of the Land · 08-25-2006, 02:08 PM

Everyone should be made to work in a restaurant for at least a week, once in their lifetime. I could compile an entire novel on the stupid things people do when they go out to eat, but I'll just share a few of my favorites with you here.

-It's Friday night, around 7:30. The parking lot is overflowing with cars, people are standing around, waiting in any available square foot of free space, and all the waiters appear as though they're going to rip off the head of the next person who asks for extra dressing. You walk in with a cute little smile on your face and ask me, "Are you on a wait?" Alright, fine. So you have zero common sense, I can get over that. "How long is the wait?" Okay, so your brain cell count is somewhere down around 5... "Oh, it's going to be 45 minutes or more? I don't think we can wait that long, we have to go blow bubbles up our asses." And all the while you're standing there debating which is more important - eating or the bubbles - a line is gathering behind you of people who actually want to enjoy an enchilada, and aren't idiots.

-Please please please do not EVER go into another restaurant and ask to sit at a different table than the one the host leads you to. Not only do you screw up the seating rotation that we have so diligently created, but you've pissed off the host, the server who was to serve you in the first place (by taking away potential tips) and the server who now has to put up with your ugly face (he's probably been double-seated now, meaning that he has to go into overdrive to take care of your million requests, plus those of his other 623 tables). Oh, and you don't just want any other table, you want a booth? FINE. I only work at this job for the scenery anyway. Seating you is definitely not high on my priority list.

-We have a patio area where I work, and when the weather is nice, it's usually full. However, sometimes the weather is not nice, therefore we don't seat out there, therefore there are no waiters to take tables out there. When it's overcast, theatening to pour, and about 99.99% humidity in 100 degree weather, you're not going to get good service on the patio. First, I have to find a waiter willing to take on the extra duty of picking up your table outside. When I finally give up my liver just to get that accomplished, you have changed your mind, and have decided to move inside. Only as long as I can slap that questioning little smile off your face first. Oh, what's this, we're on a wait? Yes, you'll have to go on the end, because all these other people are smart enough to see that it's going to rain. Just don't ask for a booth, or I'll quit.

MaggieL · 08-25-2006, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Brooke of the Land

You walk in with a cute little smile on your face and ask me, "Are you on a wait?" Alright, fine. So you have zero common sense, I can get over that. "How long is the wait?" Okay, so your brain cell count is somewhere down around 5... "Oh, it's going to be 45 minutes or more? I don't think we can wait that long, we have to go blow bubbles up our asses." And all the while you're standing there debating which is more important - eating or the bubbles - a line is gathering behind you of people who actually want to enjoy an enchilada, and aren't idiots.

If you can't seat someone to serve an enchilada in 45 minutes, I think the customer has a right to discuss with their party whether your enchiladas are worth waiting 45 minutes for, or if they should seek a meal elsewhere. That's how the world truly works outside your corner of it.

Why worry about the other people in line?...after all, you can't seat them anyway.

If you have such contempt for your customers, maybe you should consider a line of work with less customer contact. I'm sure the back of the house can find you something to do making enchiladas. Perhaps you can discover the recipe secret that would make them worth waiting 45 minutes for the privilege of ordering them.

Brooke of the Land · 09-09-2006, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by MaggieL

If you can't seat someone to serve an enchilada in 45 minutes, I think the customer has a right to discuss with their party whether your enchiladas are worth waiting 45 minutes for, or if they should seek a meal elsewhere. That's how the world truly works outside your corner of it.

Why worry about the other people in line?...after all, you can't seat them anyway.

If you have such contempt for your customers, maybe you should consider a line of work with less customer contact. I'm sure the back of the house can find you something to do making enchiladas. Perhaps you can discover the recipe secret that would make them worth waiting 45 minutes for the privilege of ordering them.

I have no control over how many people decide to come eat enchiladas. In fact, it doesn't bother me that people decide not to wait that long to eat - there are better places to go with less waiting, and I get that, and that is perfectly okay with me. I just happen to be a patient person, and don't mind hanging out for a little bit of chit-chat time with the people I enjoy in my life.

I've worked at this place long enough to know that there's no reason to worry about who else is walking in the door, and how long they're going to have to wait (or not). There's nothing I can do to change their wait time, short of asking people who are already eating to please leave so that those whose tummies are empty can be served. But you can only deal with one party on the list at a time, so that's all I'm concerned about.

I do not have a contempt for every customer that walks in the door. As a matter of fact, the majority of the people that come in to eat are wonderful, gracious people who I enjoy building a rapport with, if for no other reason than to make their visit more enjoyable. However, since this is the rant thread, that's what I did - about the select guests who do come in and make life miserable. While this is only a college job to pay the bills and I certainly won't be making a career out of it, I do enjoy going to work much of the time. As I said, there are nice people in the world, and they tend to counter-balance all those people who turn out to be not quite as nice.

As for work in the back of house... well, I have no reason to prove my worth here to you, but suffice it to say that I am not above washing some dishes when the dishwasher breaks, or slicing some vegetables when Berna has the flu. I pull my weight (and often more) at work, so I think I'm allowed to grumble.

dar512 · 09-11-2006, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Brooke of the Land

While this is only a college job to pay the bills and I certainly won't be making a career out of it, I do enjoy going to work much of the time.

You're not supposed to enjoy it. College jobs exist to give you incentive to make good grades and graduate -- so that you don't have to have a job like that forever.

Flint · 08-25-2006, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by maninthebox

I love stupid people.

Computer Stupidities

08-25-2006, 01:47 PM	#3
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Dumb drivers - special category "Tourists". yes, I know I live in a beautiful rural area with lots to see from the road, and I know that you tourists pay my wages, and I'm glad you come here, I really am, and I totally understand why you have to drive at 15-20 miles per hour along these twisty roads, they're twisty and you need to look at all the beauty around you not at the the roads, after all ... but WHY must you move to the middle of the road, or speed up, when the road straightens up to one of the few places where I can actually pass you safely? And a special prize for the git who stopped on a hairpin bend (literally, road turns through 130 degrees) yesterday. WHAT???????????? __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

08-25-2006, 08:22 AM	#2
maninthebox eats paste Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 52	I agree with everything everyone said here. Especially dumb drivers. ugh Now, I work for an office supply superstore, and the one thing that really ticks me off is people that can't get thier computer, printer, whatever working, and they blame it on us. I had one guy come with his laptop and was having problems with the charger. He said he'd never buy another Staples laptop again. (It was made by Compaq. Never knew Staples made laptops!) I love stupid people.

08-25-2006, 02:08 PM	#4
Brooke of the Land obsequious purple and clairvoiant Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: North Texas Posts: 45	Everyone should be made to work in a restaurant for at least a week, once in their lifetime. I could compile an entire novel on the stupid things people do when they go out to eat, but I'll just share a few of my favorites with you here. -It's Friday night, around 7:30. The parking lot is overflowing with cars, people are standing around, waiting in any available square foot of free space, and all the waiters appear as though they're going to rip off the head of the next person who asks for extra dressing. You walk in with a cute little smile on your face and ask me, "Are you on a wait?" Alright, fine. So you have zero common sense, I can get over that. "How long is the wait?" Okay, so your brain cell count is somewhere down around 5... "Oh, it's going to be 45 minutes or more? I don't think we can wait that long, we have to go blow bubbles up our asses." And all the while you're standing there debating which is more important - eating or the bubbles - a line is gathering behind you of people who actually want to enjoy an enchilada, and aren't idiots. -Please please please do not EVER go into another restaurant and ask to sit at a different table than the one the host leads you to. Not only do you screw up the seating rotation that we have so diligently created, but you've pissed off the host, the server who was to serve you in the first place (by taking away potential tips) and the server who now has to put up with your ugly face (he's probably been double-seated now, meaning that he has to go into overdrive to take care of your million requests, plus those of his other 623 tables). Oh, and you don't just want any other table, you want a booth? FINE. I only work at this job for the scenery anyway. Seating you is definitely not high on my priority list. -We have a patio area where I work, and when the weather is nice, it's usually full. However, sometimes the weather is not nice, therefore we don't seat out there, therefore there are no waiters to take tables out there. When it's overcast, theatening to pour, and about 99.99% humidity in 100 degree weather, you're not going to get good service on the patio. First, I have to find a waiter willing to take on the extra duty of picking up your table outside. When I finally give up my liver just to get that accomplished, you have changed your mind, and have decided to move inside. Only as long as I can slap that questioning little smile off your face first. Oh, what's this, we're on a wait? Yes, you'll have to go on the end, because all these other people are smart enough to see that it's going to rain. Just don't ask for a booth, or I'll quit. __________________ "...knowing only that we're vast and combustible, shifting, mostly hidden, probably messed up, but alive and mysterious while we last."

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