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 Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:11 am
I often comment to people about the standards of service you receive in shops...and how utterly crappy it is, in this country anyway
I had the audacity to pull into a 24 hour garage in hemel the other morning at 4am...the guy took ages to authorise my pump, and when i did go into pay, he just carried on stacking the shelves...i must have waited for 5 minutes before he came to the till...he didnt speak, just asked my mileage, i told him, he didnt hear properly and he said 'WHAT?' in such a rude manner...he practically chucked my card back at me and not another word was spoken...apart from me calling him a c*** as i left the shop...i had intended to buy a bacon baguette and other treats but i thought sod it...he would probably have spat on it. I felt so enraged i fell like making a complaint about the blinged up pikey t**t.
Why do people take jobs in the service sector if they are gonna be so fecking rude to customers
Whats the service like Stateside...much better i'd wager
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:45 am
rolleyes Don't bet on it!
Late night service can be terrible here too--the people act like it's so awful that they have to do this job & will give you the minimum amount of service possible a lot of times, usually looking utterly apathetic or deeply resentful. Only if there's a good manager around will you get properly greeted & waited on.
In major cities fast food service is lousy any time of day. I guess they think they'll get the customers no matter how badly they wait on you. I remember Atlanta was notorious that way back in the '90's. They'd give you wrong food, old food, cold food, wrong change, you name it.
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:59 am
Things are no better in the States. Normally, I'd say it's our choice to give the company our business or not, but the reality is, the nature of businesses has changed enough that it largely doesn't matter (except in the rare, true "mom n' pop" shop).
There is no such thing as "service" any longer. There's an exxaggerated sense of entitlement which most folks seem to bear (the "I exist, therefore I *deserve* 'X' - just because I exist and I want it" type thing), and a growing disrespect for ourselves, each other, the Earth, etc., that is all part of the same malady, IMHO. We are, as a whole (world society), self-centered and limited to and by our own desires... there is no urgency to work any longer (ie: work no longer directly equates to food on the table for your starving family or to life itself), no pride in the quality of anything any longer, and the "gimme" attitude seems only to be paying off for those who know how to exploit it (materialistically, anyway - which is what our society values most). It's truly sad.
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:34 pm
yes it is! i agree completely sad
the world's going to hell in a hand basket in my opinion.
i've already said that i think the muslims will blow us all to hell soon enough anyway, and probably not before time, if they don't Mother Nature will try her hardest to rid herself of us soon enough redface i think the human race has outlived its welcome on this planet neutral
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:50 pm
Poppe - sad but true...
i would add something about the christians who also think that their religion is the best.. rolleyes
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Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:11 am
Kim Dzong i would add something about the christians who also think that their religion is the best.. rolleyes Personally, it cracks me up (when I'm not being completely irritated by the absurdity of it) to see one set of Christian* fanatics fighting a different set of Christian fanatics about religion... or how one religious group is utterly convinced that *their* version is the right one and how you're condemned if you don't convert immediately! rolleyes Isn't religion supposed to be about love and respect and learning how to be *nice* to each other?? Higher moral and ethical code and all that?? (Guess that explains all the wars on the topic, huh? wink ) *any subgroups within the same religious umbrella.
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Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:17 pm
religion is the strangest thing in my opinion, did it come about because man just needed something to fill that big blue space up there? confused
and Blaze you're completely right about the in-fighting, it's all pretty pathetic. like an adult version of 'my Dad's bigger than your Dad' stressed
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Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:40 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:00 am
evil
sorry to go on about garages...altho no im not sorry, it needs to be said...there is a Total garage opposite my hotel in hemel where i stay...most nights i call in before i leave for work AND most times i am shamelessly ripped off to an unbelievable degree...call me cheap but i always look for the heavily promoted special offers on the drinks/sandwiches - buy one, get one free...2 drinks for £1.50 etc etc.
When i present my goods at the till ( stare ) i never get the deal i'd hoped for...i ALWAYS have to ask...this SHOULDN'T be! ok fair enough u might say, but then I NEVER EVER get the right change...i always challenge the tw@ts thieves assistants and they say, 'oh sorry thought i'd given you a 50' or simply laugh it off...well laugh at this you rum buggers...i am cracking off an email to Total and hopefully this will put a stop to your not so little scheme.
Next time i go in there, i think i'll yell out..'Is it because I is white?!?!'
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:32 pm
xd
I get that reaction in my local Total too, George. I can explain mine though, since my bike's full intake is about £3, I kinda expect a crappy responce. ninja Doesn't stop me deliberatly taking my time drawing out my coins, making a show of dropping them, then handing them over, then taking 5 minutes to put on my helmet and gloves.
I'm a b*****d to Total. So sue me. rolleyes
I should probably use someone else, but its my nearest one and with anyone else being used, I'd end up using up some of the petrol before I was even home.
Maybe I should buy a Jerry can.
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Keep Calm I am The Doctor
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:56 pm
lol...nice one Rany
But it demonstrates my point...we use those garages because of the convenience...even tho the service is crappy we'll still go back evil
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:00 pm
There must not be as many convenience store gas stations over there as there are in the US. It's crawling with 'em here; very few stations DON'T have a convenience store, & a lot of them have fast food restaurants connected to them too. If you don't like the service at one, you try another down the road.
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:09 pm
Doctor_Whatsit There must not be as many convenience store gas stations over there as there are in the US. It's crawling with 'em here; very few stations DON'T have a convenience store, & a lot of them have fast food restaurants connected to them too. If you don't like the service at one, you try another down the road. Yeah. I did find BP ones are rather friendly though. The Tesco one in Gallions Reach shopping centre is wo-manned by the dippiest birds I've ever seen in my life, and I've been to Cornwall. stare Lovely. I don't know about you guys but with my bike its nigh on impossible to fill without spilling a bit over my gloves, and around the rim, -hence why I walk it from the garage incase it goes bang ninja - so the idea of getting food after filling up makes me sick to think of. Unless I ate first, with the filth of coin still on my hands, despite using works sinks...
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:23 pm
Fill up your bike, walk it up to the building & park it, go inside & wash your hands real good, then go eat! 3nodding
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:45 pm
Doctor_Whatsit Fill up your bike, walk it up to the building & park it, go inside & wash your hands real good, then go eat! 3nodding Might work for you, mate, but not for me... My dirt gets right under my nails. Can look rather like I've been doing something rather dirty if you don't know what I do for a living. ninja
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