• TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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      service industry isn’t obligated to comment on my looks.

      they should just smile and ask me how my day is. don’t be personal.

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      Flirting and being nice are two different things. However most people don’t know that difference. Especially if they never had anyone genuinely being nice to them.

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        and lots of service people flirt to get bigger tips, and it’s fake AF.

        Like every other waitress loves to tell me how young I look for my age. I know they are lying trying to get an extra few bucks. The bartenders/waiters don’t do that… but they are friendly and chill.

        Guess who I tip more?

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        Please don’t be nice back. Verbally assault service workers. They appreciate it.

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            No. You’re suppose to complain about your food being slightly wrong or not having the right thing that you didn’t requiest and you’re suppose to blame them and then demand a free meal as compensation

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              It’s also best if the ‘right thing’ is not available in the store at all. Make sure to complain about things that the store has no control over as well like the CEOs political views. Position this as something for the cashier to solve personally.

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              example: Wait person! There is only one hair in my three hair soup! I demand satisfaction! Pistols at dawn or are you more of a chess boxing person?

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      Is this an American thing? You guys can’t just take an order you need a big smile and then flirt and compliment every single customer?

      Sounds rough

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        yes, our culture is so fucking weird.

        and if you don’t smile and flirt then you get fired. the customers don’t even care, but the management does.

        our cashiers also can’t sit down, ever.

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        Everyone’s job tells them to do it, but 10% actually care.

        I think with enough spite, we can push that into single-digit territory. Who’s with me?

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        You don’t need to smile and flirt with every customer… but then NO TIP!! And then you can’t afford your apartment’s rent. Might not even be able to afford enough food to make it through the month. But it’s your choice. Land of the free.

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              I’m not from be US. The first time I learned about give a penny, take a penny was on My Name is Earl. Is it really a thing?

              • [deleted]@piefed.world
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                Tip jars are different than give a penny take a penny. Tips are for the employees.

                The penny thing was from back when cash was regularly used and pennies were annoying so sometimes stores would have a little dish thing for pennies to be used for rounding out purchases. The gas station I worked at in the 90s had them because we didn’t need to keep as many pennies on hand for making change when we could use a spare penny to avoid giving out four.

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            My place technically allows it, by the left over change people didn’t want from their gas/snacks. I usually get about an extra dollar every shift, from all the extra coins.

            I then usually keep all the pennies in a coffee tin and then take them to a coinstar.

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      you’ll finally have something to talk about at parties.

      Using a cool robot voice