The customer is always...an a**hole.
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Oh, that is soooo true! I am a regular at various places where the food is good (or at least pretty good) and I make a point to be very nice to the servers ... they remember and that gets me little extras once in a while ...
And that's all it is - just a myth (Linky). Besides, as that link will show, putting nicotine in coffee (or anything else) like that would more likely KILL a customer than get them addicted.
Never, ever, fuck with the guys that cook your foodOh, that is soooo true! I am a regular at various places where the food is good (or at least pretty good) and I make a point to be very nice to the servers ... they remember and that gets me little extras once in a while ...
So does Tim Hortons coffee taste better than Starbucks?
Sidebar quote in the article:
Anyone who remembers "The customer is always right" should also remember when many establishments had posted prominently a notice which read "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" and which was specifically intended to apply to chronically "difficult" customers such as Mr. Craig.
Bingo.
Even if you weren't just blowing smoke as usual, you'd be much too late for that.
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Back when I worked in retail, I got that often as well, along with my favorite.
"I'm (friends, neighbors, know) the owner, General Manager, etc...."
My response would be "Oh, you know Jeff?"
Them "Yeah, he's my best friend, neighbor, or I know him"
Me "Oh really, his name isn't Jeff, it's Dave, I guess you don't know him"
Them "Fuck you!" or something similar...
"I'm (friends, neighbors, know) the owner, General Manager, etc...."
My response would be "Oh, you know Jeff?"
Them "Yeah, he's my best friend, neighbor, or I know him"
Me "Oh really, his name isn't Jeff, it's Dave, I guess you don't know him"
Them "Fuck you!" or something similar...
And you'll get even more flies with a horse turd. So what does that prove?
Even better was the variation I got while working in a religious bookstore while in college: "That's not very Christian of you."
The only time it made me lose my patience (call centre though, I've never had the joy of retail) was when a customer used that line as a way of trying to explain why he didn't need to pay his bill.
He ordered a premium channel, he didn't want his wife knowing so we weren't to charge him for it... and the customer is always right, so we should let him off.
Working in wrestling I get the repeat customers who hate the shows, and still come back and watch. It makes no sense to me. We're not your cup of tea, why bother coming unless you enjoy being annoyed?
I've had that. My mother worked at the local church, got another job, so I worked her notice for her so she could take it. I was left strict guidelines and when someone realised I wouldn't let them use the photocopier for free (the instrutions said charge everyone, even the man in the white collar) the same line was thrown at me.
I just replied with "I'm not a Christian, I'm a temp" and put my hand out for the money.
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Some people love to be miserable/love trouble.
I found Tim Horton's coffee to be especially delicious on my trip to Canada; however, how can someone be a "coffee enthusiast" and drink decaff? Like someone pointed out earlier, it's like picking up a hooker and then just holding her hand.
This whole story reminds me of this: http://www.notalwaysright.com/
There are some similar stories there, especially the coffee related ones.
There are some similar stories there, especially the coffee related ones.
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I like the taste of coffee. I just don't like the severe palpitations that come with it, so I drink Decaf.
The Vinegar Boy saga is epic.
As a Canadian, I find it okay. I can only drink it as a double-double (I normally take black), but it is reliably consistent and perfect for a stop during a road trip.
You misunderstood my point. I wasn't saying that Tim Horton's was bad. I was questioning why a coffee enthusiast would get their coffee from Tim Horton's and expect it to be exceptionally outstanding. I'd consider myself a coffee enthusiast, but I wouldn't go to a Tim Horton's, Dunkin' Donuts, or Starbucks and expect the same quality of coffee that I'd get in an actually coffee house. I go to those types of places when I'm traveling and need a blast of caffeine, not when I want to savor a cup.
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