Have you ever heard the expression, “Kill ‘em with kindness.” When it comes to the customer service these days at the majority of the restaurants I eat at I wish they would at least try to wound me with it. I’m not speaking of the fast food places, we know what to expect there, we put up with a lot as consumers just to get the hell out of there in a hurry. However, when I go to a restaurant where I’m going to spend $50 to $70 bucks for a nice night with my lovely lady, I expect some resemblance of quality service. This seems to be prevalent in many of the places I’ve lived where the upper middle class teenagers or college students are the servers. Their spoiled with terrible work ethic. They don’t seem to give a damn about whether you get served or not and think its acceptable to be snotty to the customers.
Well I’ve got news for all of you post-my-generation spoiled little brats. One day your not going to be working for TGI-F’ you with all your gay flare and stupid hats and your going to go out into the real world for a career. Your “I don’t care”, “I hate my job”, “This job is beneath me”, “The last guy didn’t give me a tip so I hate you”, in general crappy attitude won’t cut it any longer. You’ll be working for my generation. That’s right punks, then its pay back time. This will be the period of your life where your going to have a lot of doubts about your survivability in your career. The first time a customer complaint comes in because your little snotty ass was rude and you find yourself reprimanded, mommy won’t be there to dry your tears and wipe your snotty nose. I hope and pray somebody is there to set you straight, yell at you, fire you, I don’t care. I hope you feel the pain of your social short-comings. I’m grinning thinking of your pain!
I’m not saying all upper-middle class teenagers are lacking in work ethic and general acceptable social behavior, I’m just saying damn near every single one I’ve met would make better test lab rats than working with the public. Have they just had it too easy? Do they gain that lack of respect for others from their parents? All I know it’s a shame child abuse happens primarily in lower class families, it would be much better served beating the hell out of a kid driving a BMW that just flipped you off after cutting in front of you. No matter how you slice it, it is a complete lack of respect for others. I don’t think they had the chance to learn it, let alone exercise those principles on others. These principles are only taught from your parents, so I blame them mostly. Spend time with your kids, tell them it’s not nice to speak negatively to their elders. Teach them respect, leadership, and how to follow. Kids don’t mature on their own, they learn thinks from you or they learn it the hard way.� � With that said, the next time your out and somebody offers you great service, compliment them, encourage them further. They are going against the grain and exceeding in what they do. Many times they do have a crap job and they put up with whiney customers all day without a single thank you. It’s your duty as a consumer, scratch that, as a decent human being to commend these people for a job above and beyond expectation. Besides, if you don’t the sneaky punk may spit in your food anyway.
Michael D. Donahoe
Well I’ve got news for all of you post-my-generation spoiled little brats. One day your not going to be working for TGI-F’ you with all your gay flare and stupid hats and your going to go out into the real world for a career. Your “I don’t care”, “I hate my job”, “This job is beneath me”, “The last guy didn’t give me a tip so I hate you”, in general crappy attitude won’t cut it any longer. You’ll be working for my generation. That’s right punks, then its pay back time. This will be the period of your life where your going to have a lot of doubts about your survivability in your career. The first time a customer complaint comes in because your little snotty ass was rude and you find yourself reprimanded, mommy won’t be there to dry your tears and wipe your snotty nose. I hope and pray somebody is there to set you straight, yell at you, fire you, I don’t care. I hope you feel the pain of your social short-comings. I’m grinning thinking of your pain!
I’m not saying all upper-middle class teenagers are lacking in work ethic and general acceptable social behavior, I’m just saying damn near every single one I’ve met would make better test lab rats than working with the public. Have they just had it too easy? Do they gain that lack of respect for others from their parents? All I know it’s a shame child abuse happens primarily in lower class families, it would be much better served beating the hell out of a kid driving a BMW that just flipped you off after cutting in front of you. No matter how you slice it, it is a complete lack of respect for others. I don’t think they had the chance to learn it, let alone exercise those principles on others. These principles are only taught from your parents, so I blame them mostly. Spend time with your kids, tell them it’s not nice to speak negatively to their elders. Teach them respect, leadership, and how to follow. Kids don’t mature on their own, they learn thinks from you or they learn it the hard way.� � With that said, the next time your out and somebody offers you great service, compliment them, encourage them further. They are going against the grain and exceeding in what they do. Many times they do have a crap job and they put up with whiney customers all day without a single thank you. It’s your duty as a consumer, scratch that, as a decent human being to commend these people for a job above and beyond expectation. Besides, if you don’t the sneaky punk may spit in your food anyway.
Michael D. Donahoe
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