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Why are some people so easy to hate? How mean have you been?

K'Ehleyr

K'Ehleyr

Commodore
Commodore
Inspired by a facebook post (ok hate me ~ I like facebook:p)

A fellow member of TBBS has had a very bad day but I can't post on there so I'm telling my story here to hopefully make them feel a little better.

In the golf club today, quite quiet, so Cook and I decided to pull out oven, deep fat fryer, and another box that we still don't know what it does and do a thorough clean.

Whilst doing this, the bell on the bar rang ~ Yes, it's my fault ~ I should never have got the bell. But when someone whistles at you for attention you get a little pissed off so I thought a bell would have been better ~ sometimes I'm wrong :rolleyes:

So I climbed over the things we had moved to the bar to serve and 'Horrible old golfing Man' said "Oh, cleaning then! Are you cleaning? Have the council come? Have you been given a notice?" etc... etc...

Must point out right now that our kitchen is pristine and there is no problem at all.

So... it's a group of 4 older golfers. They will have 4 coffees, and chips/toast.

But what they do ~ which is the crunch of my arguement (and if you've read so far ~ thank you) A mug of coffee with hot milk is a Latte which costs £1.80. An Americano (a coffee) in a cup with whatever GDMF milk you want is £1.50. But what they want is coffee in a mug with hot milk and to pay 30p less (sorry, I'm boring myself)
So I got pissed off with them and told them to 'Go Fish'

The icing on the cake was they went over my head, asked to speak to Cook who I'd clued in and She agreed with me :mallory:

They can afford membership to a GDMF golfclub ~ why are they quibbling about the price of coffee?

Those are people very easy to hate.

There must be more examples... please tell me I'm not the only bad person in the universe :)
 
People do seem to get more careful with their money as they get older. Figures, as retirement funds may not be as thick as a working salary. However, that does not excuse trying to cheat your way to a 30p discount latte. :lol:

Bet you would have just given them the damn lattes if you'd known they were going to kick up such a fuss!
 
The service food industry can be a pain in the ass, K'Ehleyr. You have my sympathies there! As for why it's so easy, well, because some people go out of their way to make your life harder, and they derive satisfaction from doing so. It's easy to dislike or be frustrated by such people. It's easy because we usually don't get to know them beyond the annoying tendencies they display while in our presence. For all we know, when they leave the club, they could donate a thousand dollars to orphans and give out free hugs all day, but while they're there, we see a part of their personality that is easy to rail against.

I have been mean before, and I can be very mean, with cutting remarks even, but it's usually a response to someone being cruel, incredibly stupid or both, and it never lasts and I always regret it.
 
K'Ehleyr said:
Inspired by a facebook post (ok hate me ~ I like facebook:p)

A fellow member of TBBS has had a very bad day but I can't post on there so I'm telling my story here to hopefully make them feel a little better.

In the golf club today, quite quiet, so Cook and I decided to pull out oven, deep fat fryer, and another box that we still don't know what it does and do a thorough clean.

Whilst doing this, the bell on the bar rang ~ Yes, it's my fault ~ I should never have got the bell. But when someone whistles at you for attention you get a little pissed off so I thought a bell would have been better ~ sometimes I'm wrong :rolleyes:

So I climbed over the things we had moved to the bar to serve and 'Horrible old golfing Man' said "Oh, cleaning then! Are you cleaning? Have the council come? Have you been given a notice?" etc... etc...

Must point out right now that our kitchen is pristine and there is no problem at all.

So... it's a group of 4 older golfers. They will have 4 coffees, and chips/toast.

But what they do ~ which is the crunch of my arguement (and if you've read so far ~ thank you) A mug of coffee with hot milk is a Latte which costs £1.80. An Americano (a coffee) in a cup with whatever GDMF milk you want is £1.50. But what they want is coffee in a mug with hot milk and to pay 30p less (sorry, I'm boring myself)
So I got pissed off with them and told them to 'Go Fish'

The icing on the cake was they went over my head, asked to speak to Cook who I'd clued in and She agreed with me :mallory:

They can afford membership to a GDMF golfclub ~ why are they quibbling about the price of coffee?

Those are people very easy to hate.

There must be more examples... please tell me I'm not the only bad person in the universe :)
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So you are the bartender? I assume you live in Europe also? Do they tip there or do you get paid more than bartenders in the states? If they do tip, did you get a tip? None of these questions really change my opinion, just curious. My opinion is that you were in the right. I have been working in resturaunts for over 15 years and I know how it is. Old people in particular always want something for nothin.
 
Ha, that's interesting

In the pizza shop where I work we get people trying to pull stuff like that all the time. They will order a margarita and load it up with all these other ingredients, trying to make a menu pizza at the price of a marg (usually much cheaper). We know their game though and charge them more than they would have paid had they been honest about what they wanted. Fun times
 
I work in the Food industry which was part of a store. Now most stores don't have their own fast food cafes anymore like they use to. I remember people would get pissy over the littlest things and even if certian things gone up in price like a couple of cents.
 
Recently I was talking with a private pilot over the phone discussing a pressure altimeter that we'd overhauled 5 YEARS ago..he wanted it covered for free (we offer only a 12 month warranty ) While discussing the impossibility of a freebee repair with "Captain Thomas" (why some joker who flys a Cessna 172 insists on being called "Captain" is beyond me) he informed me of the following.. "Son, you're just gonna have to fix it for free, 'cause I'M BETTER THAN YOU!!" I lost my temper and told him.."Well, you're still gonna die someday.." and hung up on the jerk...
 
Wow, I bet that retort kept him up at night for weeks

When people start giving me shit on the phone, a gentle reminder that I possess their address and phone number is usually enough to put them back into line
 
Nick The Munificent said:
Wow, I bet that retort kept him up at night for weeks

When people start giving me shit on the phone, a gentle reminder that I possess their address and phone number is usually enough to put them back into line
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Aren't you afraid they might come after you first when you make that mildly threat? They might attack you in your place of business or the cops come and ask questions.
 
It's not a threat its a statement of fact.

We have only ever had to egg one customers house and she was an exceptional bitch.
 
People who want to wash my car windows at the traffic lights.

PISS OFF! I didn't ask you to start washing my window so don't get pissy when I don't give you money!

One time I got really fucked off cos that morning I had just washed my car - DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE!
 
Nothing I could do at my old job when a customer would piss me off except for throwing their change in their hand and make them pick up their cash on the counter. I would use the dirty tong when a customer was rude to me
 
I used to have an after-school job working on the jewellery counter of a catalogue store. Unlike the "regular" side of the store there was nowhere obvious for customers to line up and there was no numbered ticket system, so I had to rely on my awful memory and the decency (ha!) of the customers themselves in order to be fair and serve them in the proper order as they'd be standing all around the jewellery counters. This was a nightmare around the holiday season, when 3 or 4 more people would show up when I was elsewhere picking stock. In a way it was funny, though, because it turned into a preschool sand-slinging-type ruckus, with 3 people all claiming they were next in line. One time I completely lost it and told the customers that my shift wouldn't end for another 5 hours and that I was perfectly happy standing there doing nothing while waiting for all of them to act like grown-ups and be fair and polite to each other. It worked. :rommie:
 
K'Ehleyr said:
But what they do ~ which is the crunch of my arguement (and if you've read so far ~ thank you) A mug of coffee with hot milk is a Latte which costs £1.80. An Americano (a coffee) in a cup with whatever GDMF milk you want is £1.50. But what they want is coffee in a mug with hot milk and to pay 30p less (sorry, I'm boring myself)
So I got pissed off with them and told them to 'Go Fish'
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Actually isn't that rather a cafe au lait? A latte in my opinion is mostly milk with just a little bit of coffee, and not the other way round.
 
Roger Wilco said:
K'Ehleyr said:
But what they do ~ which is the crunch of my arguement (and if you've read so far ~ thank you) A mug of coffee with hot milk is a Latte which costs £1.80. An Americano (a coffee) in a cup with whatever GDMF milk you want is £1.50. But what they want is coffee in a mug with hot milk and to pay 30p less (sorry, I'm boring myself)
So I got pissed off with them and told them to 'Go Fish'
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Actually isn't that rather a cafe au lait? A latte in my opinion is mostly milk with just a little bit of coffee, and not the other way round.
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Caffe latte should be a shot of espresso, not regular coffee, as well. But it doesn't really matter, they were still trying to take advantage of the system.
 
Yeah, no doubt they were douchebags. Arguing with a waiter over 30 cents would be stupid even if they were clearly right.
 
K'Ehleyr said:
But what they do ~ which is the crunch of my arguement (and if you've read so far ~ thank you) A mug of coffee with hot milk is a Latte which costs £1.80. An Americano (a coffee) in a cup with whatever GDMF milk you want is £1.50. But what they want is coffee in a mug with hot milk and to pay 30p less (sorry, I'm boring myself)
So I got pissed off with them and told them to 'Go Fish'
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As has been mentioned, a latte should be espresso, not coffee. If you are charging 1.50 for a coffee with milk, but 1.80 for, uh, a coffee with milk, then you can see their confusion about the price difference. If the product is the same, why is the price different?

Nick The Munificent said:
Ha, that's interesting

In the pizza shop where I work we get people trying to pull stuff like that all the time. They will order a margarita and load it up with all these other ingredients, trying to make a menu pizza at the price of a marg (usually much cheaper). We know their game though and charge them more than they would have paid had they been honest about what they wanted. Fun times
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This one is crazy, and I think you're the one in the wrong. These customers aren't playing games, they're pointing out that your pricing structure is retarded, and doesn't make sense. Random numbers, but if a plain pizza costs $5, and toppings are $1, then you are stupid if you're charging $7 for a pepperoni pizza. Can't fault a customer for being better at math than the guy that made the menu, and realizing that a $5 pizza plus $1 for one topping is cheaper than you're charging for the ease of just ordering a pepperoni pizza. Usually, the menu works out so that if you're ordering something more complex (say, buffalo chicken pizza, and comes with blue cheese, onions, etc), it's slightly cheaper than having to put all the toppings on yourself. If you priced the individual toppings so ordering it piecemeal is cheaper, it's YOUR fault. And if you "fixed" the price to charge me more for pointing out your problem, I'd be speaking with the manager or owner, etc and having them explain why their employees were stealing from me to try and teach me a lesson.

Life in retail certainly sucks, but that's a pretty clear example where the retail employee is in the wrong, and being a prick for the wrong reasons when THEY are at fault. Why is the Menu pizza "usually more expensive" than ordering a plain pizza and paying to add those same toppings on?
 
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